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Ch. Malescot St. Exupéry, Margaux - 2016

Name: Ch. Malescot St. Exupéry, Margaux
Brand: Ch. Malescot St. Exupéry
SKU: 26296
Price: 96.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 26296 750mL

Château Malescot St. Exupéry's history traces back to the 17th century and has survived many change of hands throughout the revolutions and wars since. Winemaking today has modernized and fermentation takes place in a combination of concrete vats and steel tanks. After which it's aged in French oak (80 to 100% new) rendering a wine that's both showy yet still staunchly Bordelais.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2016

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-Region

Médoc

Appellation/Village

Margaux

Producer

Ch. Malescot St. Exupéry

Grape Variety

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Franc

Merlot

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Staff Pick Notes

Though not on the tip of many collector’s tongues, this third-growth estate impressed all the more in a recent tasting of 1995 Bordeaux for its showing with several better-known wines. Great either as a gift to the claret-cellarer or for dinner tonight, this wine is entering a gorgeous drinking window but has plenty of life left. Its savory, dry fruit is accented with the stern, earthy undercurrent I am looking for in any classic left-bank Bordeaux, and any new oak has faded away entirely into the rather voluptuous texture of the wine. Bring on the osso buco. (Yes, the name comes in part from the great-grandfather of Antoine St-Exupéry).

- MCW

Glossary

Merlot

The next time you hear someone say they never touch Merlot, tell them that it's too bad, because you were just about to open a few bottles of Château Pétrus and Le Pin, and you have no one to share them with. Some wine drinkers are quick to dismiss varieties that become too fashionable, but Merlot is popular for good reason. It has one of the most impressive and distinctive textures of any wine, and has long been prized for the "softening" effect it can have on Cabernet Sauvignon - especially...

Bordeaux

Situated on the mid-Atlantic coast of France around the Gironde river, Bordeaux is home to some of the most legendary wines on earth. There are (for all intents and purposes) five grape varieties permitted under French wine law for red Bordeaux: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and, very infrequently, Petit Verdot and Malbec. For white Bordeaux, only three varieties are permitted: Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillion, and Muscadelle. The exact percentages of each grape variety used in any...

Cabernet Franc

Relegated to moderate obscurity in modern times, Cabernet Franc is in fact the proud parent of the attention-hogging Cabernet Sauvignon (after an illicit affair with Sauvignon Blanc a hundred-odd years ago). Cabernet Franc has remained close to its roots in France, enjoying small pockets of popularity primarily in the Loire Valley (specifically in Chinon), where it is often bottled as a varietal wine, and in Bordeaux where it is still used in moderate percentages in the typical blends. In fact,...

Cabernet Sauvignon

The result of an illicit affair a hundred-odd years ago between Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon today enjoys more worldwide popularity than both of its parents combined. It is the principal grape of Bordeaux, and as such has rightly earned its place among the greatest and most long-lived wines of the Old World; of course, it is also the most heralded grape of California, positioning it at the forefront of the New World wine scene as well. Today, Cabernet Sauvignon has a...