Critic Scores
Exhibits blackberry, mineral, currant and dark chocolate. Full and velvety, with lots of fruit and chewy tannins. Long and caressing, with incredibly sweet fruit and tannins on the finish. Goes on for minutes. A thoroughly gorgeous wine. Best after 2015.
This estates finest effort - ever, the 2005 Malescot St.-Exupery should be sought out by readers looking for intensity combined with superb richness, fascinating elegance, and a surreal concoction of blue and red fruits, a silky texture, and a delicate yet powerful wine that builds incrementally, never becoming overwrought. This dense purple-colored, medium to full-bodied tour de force in winemaking is already displaying remarkable complexity. It should only get better over the next decade, and will last through 2030. I would not be surprised to see this wine merit a few more points with additional aging.
(60% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot and 10% petit verdot) Deep, saturated ruby. Hugely rich but austere on the nose, offering scents of cassis, blueberry, boysenberry, menthol and licorice this smells concentrated. Then sweet, lush and impressively solid in the mouth, with wonderfully silky, round black fruit flavors. Offers superb texture and mouthfilling volume. A fabulously rich vintage for this wine, yet it manages to maintain its shape. Finishes with chewy, ripe tannins and outstanding length.
