Richer and more flamboyant than its Margaux peers — ravishing red berry fruit, vanilla, iodine, and cassis on the nose, becoming increasingly floral with aeration. A cashmere texture on entry, with wonderful cohesion, veins of black pepper and allspice, and a reassuringly long finish. A 3rd Growth Margaux firing on all cylinders.
96 Points
"The 2019 Malescot St. Exupéry is quite possibly the most elegant wine I have tasted here. Plush and radiant, the 2019 possesses notable depth with plenty of supporting structure beneath surprisingly tamed tannins. Gravel, dark red cherry/plum, spice, l..."
Richer and more flamboyant than its Margaux peers — ravishing red berry fruit, vanilla, iodine, and cassis on the nose, becoming increasingly floral with aeration. A cashmere texture on entry, with wonderful cohesion, veins of black pepper and allspice, and a reassuringly long finish. A 3rd Growth Margaux firing on all cylinders.
96 Points
"The 2019 Malescot St. Exupéry is quite possibly the most elegant wine I have tasted here. Plush and radiant, the 2019 possesses notable depth with plenty of supporting structure beneath surprisingly tamed tannins. Gravel, dark red cherry/plum, spice, l..."