Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Given how splendid recent vintages have been, I expected a bit more from Malescot Saint-Exupery, clearly a property on the rebound over the last decade or so. The elegant 2001 is Margaux-like in its fragrant plum, cassis, and floral-scented nose. Medium-bodied, light, but pretty, it offers notes of… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes This estate, which has continued to impress me in recent years, hit a home run in 2000. Showing slightly better than I rated it previously, this wine is deep bluish/purple with some lightening at the edge, and its floral nose displays notes of melted licorice, crushed rock, blueberries… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes This 1999 is one of the finest efforts of the vintage. It offers up complex aromatics consisting of herbs, red and black fruits, minerals, acacia flowers, and licorice. The dark plum color does not possess the saturation of a vintage such as 2000, but this is pure seduction… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes A classic, this 1998 combines elegance with lovely textured, rich flavors of black cherries and currants, resulting in a quintessential Bordeaux that is unlike any other wine produced in the world. The wine possesses an ethereal lightness, layers of fruit, and a diaphanous framework. More nuances appear with… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes This impressively constructed wine offers a saturated deep ruby/purple color, followed by elegant aromas of berry fruit intermixed with tobacco, flowers, and vanillin scents. It is layered and medium to full-bodied, with outstanding purity and fruit extraction. Although deep, rich, and powerful for a wine from this estate,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes This wine may merit an outstanding rating. It offers a classic Margaux combination of elegance and richness. Medium-bodied, with delicate, beautifully ripe, black currant and floral aromas that compete with subtle new oak, the 1995 Malescot hits the palate with a lovely concoction of fruit, nicely integrated tannin… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes Dark plum/garnet, this elegant, medium to full-bodied, beguiling, seductive 2008 is a sleeper of the vintage. Round and silky-smooth with lovely black cherry and black currant fruit imbued with touches of smoke, herbs and earth, this relatively evolved effort is best consumed over the next 15-17 years.(Wine Advocate… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes Spicy, oaky, earthy, sinewy, and angular, Giscours?? 2007 is not one of their strongest efforts. The dustiness in the tannins raises some concerns, but this mid-weight wine does offer attractive plum and black currant fruit. It is best drunk over the next 5-7 years.(Wine Advocate #188 Apr 2010)… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Herbaceous, earthy, truffle notes intermixed with sweet cherries, plums, and currants are present in this soft, medium garnet wine, which is surprisingly evolved and best drunk over the next 10-15 years. I like the wine??s plushness, and the concentration is certainly very good, but this is on a… Read More »