Château Malescasse 2004
Haut-Médoc AOC Cru Bourgeois
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The deep, chalky soils of Château Malescasse produce Cabernet dominated clarets of real intensity and power. The 2004 is just reaching its apogee – lovely dense cassis fruit, wrapped in subtle oak and with firm tannins, almost Pauillac in style.
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Wine Details
- Red - Full Bodied
France- Deep ruby with a brickish rim
- Cabernet-based blend
- 9.75 Units
- 13% ABV
- 750 ml
- 31 December 2018
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Mature, complex black fruit with toasty oak nuances. Good structure
Aroma
Blackcurrant and red fruit aromas, mellow notes and some savoury oak
The Wine
Malescasse presents the ideal model of a Médoc château – doll’s house perfect with symmetrical wings flanking a formal front courtyard and a very classical frontage. It has had many owners since it was founded in 1824, but for the last 20 years has belonged to a French telecom company that can afford whatever it takes to make top notch wine. It lies close to the town of Lamarque, its 37 hectares of vines forming the high point, altitudinally, of this part of the Haut-Médoc. Near equal portions of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot plus Cabernet Franc make for a rich styled claret with firm tannins for ageing. Over a year’s maturation in 25% new barrels lends a definite layer of oak. An impressive claret ageing gracefully – ideal with red meat.
"Superb Cru Bourgeois claret from a vintage spot-on for drinking now. Mellow fruit, yet firm, elegant"
Jean-Marc Sauboua
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