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Sociando Mallet 2007
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
This is just a little over-extracted for Sociando Mallet. Saturated black fruits but there is a touch of prune mixed in there. The palate is tannic with good delineation but the finish is green and rather austere. Tasted April 2008.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 2007 Bordeaux tasting. The 2007 Sociando-Mallet has a pleasing sense of mineralité and delineation on the nose: nicely focused with attractive rose petal scents. The palate is brisk on the entry with rigid tannin, quite savory with a gravelly, masculine and tobacco finish. It's a little rough around the edges, but it should drink well for the next 5-7 years. Tasted March 2015.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Tasted at the chateau. Cropped at 52hl/ha, the 2007 Sociando-Mallet is a blend 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, this has a more floral bouquet, quite light and slightly clayey at the moment. It has a fresh entry, good acidity, just a touch of astringency towards the tannic, stemmy, masculine finish. A little tough at the moment but it should improve over the next 3-4 years because it demonstrated good weight and focus. Drink 2011-2018. Tasted October 2010.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2007 Sociando-Mallet is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc picked between September 21 and October 9. It has a light red berry and incense nose that perhaps does not possess the depth and complexity of the 2005 or 2010 tasted either side. The palate is medium-bodied with simple, slightly herbaceous black fruit, and the finish is hampered by a monotone personality. Drink now. Tasted at the vertical tasting at Sociando-Mallet.
About the Producer
Château Sociando-Mallet is located in the Haut-Medoc, a region rich in Cru Bourgeois, but it is not precisely a Cru Bourgeois, not because it is not qualified, but because the owners felt that its excellence did not need to be judged by outsiders. The Château did not take part in either the 1855 Grand Cru de Médoc or the 1932 Cru Bourgeois. But with the quality of its wines, Château Marly has a real chance of winning the Cru Bourgeois! The grapes are hand-harvested, fermented in large concrete vats, clarified with egg white and placed in oak barrels. The grapes are hand-harvested, fermented in large concrete vats, clarified with egg white and aged in oak barrels to absorb the oak and soften the tannins. The Chateau Sociando-Mallet is aged for three months in oak barrels, with 100% new oak. The secondary wine of Château Sociando-Mallet is "LaDemoiselle de Sociando-Mallet". Thanks to Jean Gautreau's meticulous winemaking and good management, Château Mallet is fast becoming a class apart from the Cru Bourgeois and even the Grand Cru. The wines have a good structure and firm tannins, with a long finish, a characteristic that is usually found only at the Grand Cru level and above, but Château Marly is so capable that it has been described as "one of the highest quality AOCs in the entire Médoc". In the better vintages of Château Marly, Robert Parker gave it a score of 90 points, commenting: "A classic nose with a mix of cassis, graphite, ore and earth, a medium depth of body, a concentrated structure and, as always, outstanding quality, Château Marly always produces long-lived wines capable of ageing for 20-30 years. Great wines."
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