Château Sociando-Mallet

Château Sociando Mallet, Haut Médoc, 2010

Name: Château Sociando Mallet, Haut Médoc
Brand: Château Sociando-Mallet
Price: 463.07 GBP

95/100

Inside Bordeaux

90.5/100

Vinous

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2010
12x75cl
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£463.07

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

From and exceptional gravel terroir to the north of Calon Segur and enjoying a direct view over the Gironde, Sociando Mallet has a loyal following, built up on a reputation of producing long-term, sophisticated wines that can match the far more glamorous names from St Estephe, Pauillac and St Julien. The 2010 possesses a cabernet dominated nose, packed with pencil shavings and stoney minerality. This is a modern style for Sociando Mallet, packed with plush, bright cherry fruit, raspberries, heady hedgerow fruit; a panoply of ripe berry fruit and fine grained tannins.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Critic Reviews

95/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Fennel, black chocolate, crushed roses, cassis, blackberry, will run and run, and is exceptional value, particularly in the context of the vintage. Tasted ex-retail, not ex-chateau. Harvest September 24 to October 12. 100% new oak for ageing, native yeast fermentation. One corked bottle, second tasted exceptional.

drinking window 2024 - 2040

date of review 10/2024

90.5/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2010 Sociando Mallet has a well defined, pure bouquet with blackberry, bilberry and light estuarine scents that gently waft from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, a fine bead of acidity and good weight. It just needs more complexity and terroir expression on the finish. Give this another two or three years. This is one wine where I have encountered better bottles. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal.

drinking window 2023 - 2038

date of review 04/2020

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Haut Médoc

Producer:

Château Sociando-Mallet

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

12.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.