2008 Malescot-St-Exupery Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend - 750ML
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REVIEWS

WA 93 JL 92 WE 92 JS 91 NM 90 WS 90
WA 93

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, May 2011

An amazing success in this vintage, the dark ruby/purple-hued 2008 reveals its noble terroir in its complex aromatics of spring flowers and burning embers/charcoal. A medium to full-bodied mouthfeel displaying no hard...
JL 92

TheWineCellarInsider.com, September 2018

Full bodied, cedar, tobacco, black fruits, dark chocolate and smoky cigar box notes on the nose. On the palate, the wine is full bodied, fresh and juicy. The wine is a bit strict, there is a leafy, undercurrent in the...
WE 92

Wine Enthusiast, December 2009

(WE90-92 points) Barrel sample. A fruity wine, lovely, lively fresh fruits, blackcurrants and berries well integrated. The tannins are a part of this, with their sweetness. Whether this is a wine for aging is a question.
JS 91

jamessuckling.com, December 2010

Sweet berry and milk chocolate aromas and flavors. Medium to full-body, with chewy tannins and a medium finish. Refined and pretty. Tight. Let it open with three to four years of bottle age.
NM 90

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, March 2012

Tasted ex-chateau and single blind in Southwold. The Malescot St. Exupery 2008 tasted very austere out of barrel, but thereafter the Merlot-component appears to have awoken from its slumber to offer attractive wild...
WS 90

Wine Spectator, June 2012

An excellent effort for the vintage, with almost lush mulled plum and steeped currant fruit that melds into the mesquite- and tobacco-framed finish. This has a supple feel, without the vintage's crisp angularity or...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region Margaux
Vintage 2008
Size 750ML
Percent alcohol 13.5%
Closure Cork