| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Margaux |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
This is a 28 hectare Margaux property. The vineyard is planted with 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot.
The 2025 is 60% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Petit Verdot.
A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot, the 2025 Château Malescot St. Exupéry offers up aromas of sweet blackberries, plums, pencil shavings and licorice. Medium- to full-bodied, rich and fleshy, with a sun-kissed core of fruit and powdery structuring tannins, it's a dramatic, generous, crowd-pleasing style of Margaux.
The 2025 Malescot St. Exupéry was tasted on two occasions. The first bottle did not seem representative, the second at the château was better. This was picked from September 10 to 24 and matured in 45% new oak barrels. It offers vivacious, predominantly red berry fruit on the nose, wild strawberry and raspberry, nudging towards a Côtes de Nuits in some ways. Very pure and quite sensual. The palate is medium-bodied, with sappy red berry fruit and quite grippy tannins. Impressive depth and structure, a larger-framed Malescot St. Exupery with a tangible, sapid, black olive-tinged finish. Drink 2032-2060.
Deep ruby colour. Exotic in its spicing with notes of cumin and szechuan pepper, the fruit feels curried with luscious tones of plum and violet. This follows on the palate, which is plush and smooth, modern in its style but well judged thanks to pillowy tannins. A soft representation of the vintage.
The 2025 Lynch-Bages is a wine only very patient consumers should contemplate. Dark and explosive, with incisive tannins, the 2025 is quite the powerhouse. Huge beams of tannin lend serious intensity and power. In many warmer years, this level of richness is accompanied by commensurately high alcohols and viscosity, but the 2025 is built around fairly classic lines, which only reinforces its sheer brawn. 2033-2045.
