Château Malescot St Exupery, 3ème Cru Classé, Margaux, 2005

Name: Château Malescot St Exupery, 3ème Cru Classé, Margaux
Brand: Château Malescot St Exupery
Price: 1015.07 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Malescot is, for us, one of the surprises of the vintage, oozing with charm and character. A stunning nose of dark cassis fruit, enveloped in a warm toasty oak dimension; on the palate there is good expression of terroir, backed by a mouth-filling explosion of honeyed red fruits, and great balance on a lengthy finish. A wine of great appeal that should not break the bank.

critic reviews

95/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Dark ruby in colour, slight pinking on the edges but still very much in the zone of a young wine visually. Serious stuff, has the core of 2005 in terms of energy and power, and is still young, with dense fruits, a zip of minerality and lift, and remains juicy on the finish. Liqourice, cigar box, raspberry, white pepper and sage spice. This is a great example of the vintage, and at a great moment to drink but going absolutely nowhere. A special occasion wine. 80% new oak.

DRINKING WINDOW 2022 - 2042

date of review 09/2022

96/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-brick in color, the 2005 Malescot St. Exupery offers up a compelling perfume of roses, cinnamon stick, dusty soil, and unsmoked cigars over a kirsch and redcurrant jelly core with a waft of iron ore. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a chewy texture supporting the generous fruit, lifted by just enough acidity, finishing long and fragrant. A stunning performance from this property, it is drinking beautifully now and should continue to give another 20 years of pleasure.

DRINKING WINDOW 2022 - 2042

date of review 07/2022

96/100Robert Parker,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A beautiful wine, once again, from this property that has been on a superb qualitative roll for several decades. Dense ruby/purple with notes of graphite, background oak, youthful creme de cassis and blackberry fruit as well as a floral underpinning, it is medium to full-bodied, textured, rich and impressive. Still in a somewhat adolescent stage, it should hit full maturity in another 2-3 years and last at least two decades.

DRINKING WINDOW 2017 - 2037

date of review 06/2015

93/100Stephen Tanzer,Vinous

(13.8% natural alcohol) Bright ruby-red. Superripe berry and chocolate aromas, with a whiff of surmaturite Fat, sweet and large-scaled, offering extraordinary volume and an almost syrupy thickness leavened by surprisingly sound acidity. This saturates the entire mouth yet manages to avoid coming off as heavy. Finishes very long and sweet, with thoroughly integrated tannins. The best vintage since 1961, notes Jean-Luc Zuger. This is the kind of wine I like. He advises early drinkers to give this 2005 about four hours in a decanter.

date of review 05/2008