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Château Malescasse
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2023
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Juicy, vibrant, forward, and fresh, the blackberries, strawberries, and currants, with their licorice, and tobacco edge are ripe, chewy, and vibrant. This is one of those top value Left Bank wines with character that sell for a song. Drink from 2027-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,488 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
2022
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Black currants, licorice, tobacco leaf and spearmint shine in the nose with no effort. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, polished and vibrant, with chewy currants in the round, savory-edged finish. Drink from 2026-2040. 90-92 Pts. 2,268 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
2021
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Plums, tobacco and cherries make their presence known from the start. The wine is open, forward, medium-bodied, bright, and chewy, with a touch of green olives, dusty cherries and mint that show in the finish. Drink from 2024-2033. 874 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Medium-bodied, bright, fresh, crisp, crunchy and savory, softly-textured, with a savory, olive edge to the finish. Drink from 2024-2038. 87-89 1,750 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
2020
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers, cigar box, currants, forest floor, smoke, espresso and cooking spice create the complex nose. On the palate, the wine is loaded with sweet, dark red berries with a hint of cocoa, soft-textures and freshness in the finish. Drink from 2024-2040. 1,547 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023The wine is round, rich, fruity with loads of ripe, dark, fresh red fruits, soft tannins, hints of dark cocoa and flesh. 89-91 Pts 2,833 Views Tasted Aug 23, 2021 |
2019
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Espresso, black cherry, smoke, licorice, plums and dark cherries create a complex nose. On the palate the wine is round, sweet, soft and polished, finishing with a nice sweetness to the dark red fruits with a touch of spice in the end note. This is a superb Bordeaux value wine that savvy consumers should take a serious look at. Drink from 2023-2034. 2,026 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Smoky, with touches of espresso, licorice, spice and red fruits, the wine is round, soft, polished and with loads of sweet, juicy fruits. When the oak is fully integrated, this will be a much better wine. 90-92 Pts 2,367 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
2018
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
A clear contender for the best, Left Bank value wine made today, this beauty is elegant, fresh, soft, silky, polished, medium-bodied, fruity, ripe, sweet and already accessible. Drink it over the next 5-7 years. 2,937 Views Tasted Jul 27, 2021Dark in color, fat, round, lush, concentrated, sweet and rich in texture, with a long blast of deep red and black fruits, licorice and chocolate in the mid-palate and finish. Long, plush and loaded with character, this is a steal for the price. 1,599 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021How did they make a wine this good here is what I asked myself. Inky in color, the wine is lush, rich, deep and fruity, The tannins are polished and the dark red berries, earthy tobacco and espresso carry through to the long plummy finish. This should be easy to drink on release or with just a year or two of age. Value seekers should take note of this wine. 91-93 Pts 2,581 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
2017
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Soft, round and forward with espresso, cocoa and earthy black cherries on the nose and on the palate, the wine is soft with gentle tannins and a sweet, dark plummy finish. This should be easy to drink on release or with just a year or two of age. 4,166 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
2016
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Fleshy, round, rich, ripe and juicy, with good character, this is the best vintage of Malescasse I have tasted. 2,976 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Best ever wine from Malescasse! With deep color and soft tannins, this wine is fleshy, fresh and satisfying, leaving you with a supple, round, sweet, dark plummy, fruity finish. 4,583 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
2015
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, round, and with a minty, leafy, spicy edge to the ripe, red fruits and thyme on the nose and palate, this is fully ready for its prime-time drinking window. Drink from 2022-2030. 3,208 Views Tasted Aug 23, 2022Medium bodied, early drinking soft textured well priced wine with fresh dark red fruits tobacco earth and spice in the finish. This has good character and it sells for a song! 88 - 90 Pts 4,293 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2016 |
2014
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Soft, round open, easy drinking, crowd-pleasing charmer, with ripe, red fruits accompanied with licorice, smoke and tobacco leaf. This is going to be best over the next 6-8 years. 2,509 Views Tasted Feb 14, 2019 |
2012
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Very little fruit here, most of what you find is olives, earth and earth, with a dash of crisp berries. Drink up, as it's not getting better from here. 3,073 Views Tasted Mar 4, 2017 |
2010
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Medium bodied, early drinking quaffer with an earthy, dark red fruit character. 4,031 Views Tasted Sep 20, 2015 |
2009
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Medium bodied, light in style, with a forward dark cherry character for early drinking. 3,536 Views Tasted Nov 24, 2015 |
2005
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Fully mature, the wine is medium bodied, with an earthy, tobacco, cassis, olive and blackberry character on the nose and palate. The dusty tannins are accompanied by bright, red fruits in the crisp finish. There is no reason to hold this wine any longer. 2,639 Views Tasted Sep 22, 2016 |