Wine Advisor
Maucaillou 2022
Description
Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Yohan Castaing
The 2022 Maucaillou is a Cabernet-driven blend with 42% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot. Its bouquet exhibits aromas of spices, licorice, cherry and blueberry with hints of toasty oak. On the palate, this fruit-driven wine is medium to full-bodied, fleshy and velvety with a slightly austere finish.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2022 Maucaillou has held on to its open and generous nose, featuring finely delineated aromas of red berry fruit laced with scents of spice box and a little cumin. The palate is medium-bodied and to be frank, is a bit of a letdown after the promising aromatics. It's strict, bitter and missing some flair and personality on the finish. Maybe it will improve with bottle age?
Reviewed by: James Suckling
Juicy and linear red with dusty tannin structure. Medium-bodied. Firm finish.
Reviewed by: Zekun Shuai
A refined Moulis-en-Medoc, showing smoky berries, cassis and a touch of paprika, spearmint, bergamot and licorice. Even and medium-bodied with a nice structure of firm, skeletal tannins and a linear, fine-boned finish of good length. Slightly more bones than fruit flesh here, delivering fluidity and elegance. Balanced but not ambitious. Drink from 2025.
About the Producer
Mocalo Winery currently has 87 hectares of vineyards, of which 51% is used for Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, 42% is used for Merlot grapes, and 7 % of the land is used for the cultivation of Petit Verdot grapes. The average age of all these vines is 25 years. When the grapes reach the ideal ripeness, the winery will pick them by machine. After picking, the grapes are sieved, peeled, and then vinified in the traditional way. The resulting wine is then aged for 14 to 16 months in 30% to 40% new French oak barrels before being bottled in the winery. Mocalo winery produces two types of wines, namely Numero 2 de Maucaillou, dry red wine, and the current annual average output is 300,000 bottles. The wines are usually luxurious in colour, with rich fruit aromas with subtle tannins and a long aftertaste.