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Château Sociando Mallet 2003

  • Black fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Wine for ageing
  • Color: Red
  • 13% 
  • 2.25L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

Although declassified, this Médoc comes from one of the finest terroirs in Bordeaux and should not be missed! More info

  • Quantity: 3 Bottles
  • Level: 3 into-neck
  • Label: 3 marked label, 3 very slightly scuffed label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Bordeaux
  • Appellation/Wine: Haut Médoc
  • Producer/Owner: Jean Gautreau
  • More information....

Château Sociando Mallet serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Pot au feu d'agneau ou de canard, Rognons flambés au cognac, Entrecôtes marchand de vin.

Peak: Drink until 2036

  • Vintage score: 15/20
  • What the experts say...

    "D'un bleu-pourpre d'encre très soutenu, doté de fabuleux parfums de pierre concassée, de violette, de myrtille et de crème de cassis dénués de boisé, il se distingue par la belle concentration de son fruit, étayé par une faible acidité et par des tannins doux. L'ensemble, qui présente également une texture charnue et voluptueuse, ainsi qu'une finale persistante, est impressionant." SOurce : R. Parker (03/04)

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    Château Sociando Mallet

    The wine

    The wines have a remarkably dark colour, and present powerful aromas of raspberries and toast. Concentrated and full-bodied in their youth, they become magnificently rich and supple with age, with a capacity to keep for a good twenty years. A duck casserole or kidneys flambéed with cognac would be a marriage made in heaven...

    Information about domain Château Sociando-Mallet

    Château Sociando-Mallet takes its name from the 17th century owner, Monsieur Sociando, with Madame Mallet adding her name when she purchased the property in the 19th century. The château subsequently changed hands several times, before it had the good fortune to be bought by Jean Gautreau in 1969. Since then, with every vintage, Château Sociando-Mallet has provided proof that it deserves a place among the best of the appellation's properties, although it has currently been left on the sidelines of the classification systems: having for a long time been ranked among the elite of the Crus Bourgeois du Médoc, in 2003 the owner refused to participate in the revision of the classification, believing – perhaps rightly – that the wine deserved to be ranked instead as a Cru Classé. An exceptional Graves terroir – as the name of the lieu-dit of origin, Terres Nobles, indicates – stringent harvesting and sorting by hand, long aging in new oak barrels; all lead to expectations of a great wine… and this is confirmed on tasting.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 3 Bottles
    • Level: 3 into-neck
    • Label: 3 marked label, 3 very slightly scuffed label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Classic underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 13 %
    • Country/Region: Bordeaux
    • Appellation/Wine: Haut Médoc
    • Producer/Owner: Jean Gautreau
    • Vintage: 2003
    • Color: Red
    • Peak: Drink until 2036
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Sustainable farming 
    • Size (in ha): 58
    • Volume: 350000 bottles
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Black fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 10% Cabernet franc, 5% Petit verdot,

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    Château Sociando Mallet 2003

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