Château Malescasse 2015 - Cru Bourgeois

Bettane & Desseauve

About wine:

Very colorful, fine tannins, long and flavorful, beautifully elegant texture, brilliant: a true rebirth for this cru, which has been very well restored. The rigorous selection of plots used for the grand vin has brought an added touch of class that makes Malescasse lean toward its neighbors in Saint-Julien.

About the estate:

On well-drained gravelly soils, Malescasse is in good hands. A lot of work has been undertaken, first in the vineyard with the removal of tired vines and the planting of high-density plots. The buildings have also been renovated. The wines, which were very classic until now, have already gained in precision and complexity thanks to the interventions of Stéphane Derenoncourt.

Guide Hachette des vins

About wine:

This beautiful estate, which has fully regained its form, offers a wine that lives up to its terroir. Still marked by wood, the emerging bouquet shows promise, as does the palate, where there is a very good balance between the tannins of the grape and those of the wood. Of high quality, the whole is perfectly typified and beautifully crafted.

About the estate:

Eight windows with eight panes: the number eight governs the architecture of the château. Built in 1824 on the highest point of Lamarque, it overlooks a 40-hectare vineyard planted on a ridge of white gravel between Margaux and Saint-Julien-Beychevelle. It was purchased in 2012 from the Tesseron family by entrepreneur Philippe Austruy and his Gema Viticole group.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Wine Enthusiast

About wine:

This estate, located in the Gironde port village of Lamarque, produces a richly textured wine with flavors of chocolate and bitter cocoa. This is only an issue for now, as ripe blackcurrant fruit develops beneath the structure to give density, concentration, and a serious wine as it ages. Drink from 2021 onwards.

James Suckling

About wine:

Ripe dark plum fruit and baking spices framed by notes of cedar with an underlying herbal complexity. This leads to a fairly opulent palate delivering muscular tannins with flavors of blackcurrant and blackberry to envelop the whole. Try from 2020.