Château Maucaillou - Moulis-en-Médoc 2018
1*Étoile
Hachette
92/100
James Suckling
92/100
Le Figaro
91/100
Wine Enthusiast
90-91/100
Vert de Vin
"This flagship estate of consistent quality offers silkiness and elegance!"
"Perfumed with a floral character, this wine is already balanced. Tannins and fruit harmonize with a hint of vanilla from the wood barrel ageing. This wine should be ready from 2025." (Wine Enthusiast 2021) - An excellent value from the Médoc! - Delivery in wooden cases possible for orders of 6 bottles of this wine (depending on country and shipping method selected).
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Eye
Medium to deep garnet-purple color
Nose
Floral with notes of black fruits, spices, chocolate and cedar
Mouth
Medium-bodied, extremely fruity with firm tannins. Unctuous texture, balanced structure and juicy finish. It is the fruit of long, staggered harvests when optimum ripeness was reached.
Serve
At 17-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2023
Drink before
2035
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with roast veal, entrecôte with Bordeaux sauce, lasagne with spicy vegetables...
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated (guide 2021) 1*Star (A serious, recommendable production, in line with what one has the right to expect from its appellation(s))
About the domain :
Just off the Moulis train station, the architecture of Château Maucaillou is quite unusual, combining Renaissance and 18th-century styles. Owned by the Dourthe family since 1929, it was Pascal who, with the help of his two sisters Magali and Caroline, took over the reins in 2007, continuing the work begun by their father Philippe. Since the 2009 vintage, Magali has changed the style of the wines, which are now more suave and modern than in the past, while remaining vigorous and ageable.
Guide Hachette des vins
Wine noted (guide 2022) 1*Star (Very successful wine)
Domaine noté (guide 2020) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the wine:
Fresh and sweet in its aromatic expression with lovely fruity notes, this wine develops a full, generous and smooth palate, supported by velvety tannins and good refined oak. 2025-2030
About the domain :
A flagship cru of Moulis, founded in 1875 on the Caubet and Maucaillou "bad rock" parcels, a gravelly hillside unsuitable for growing cereals for the peasants of the Middle Ages, but ideal for vines. Owned by the Dourthe family since 1929, the estate has grown from 3.5 ha to 90 ha. Philippe Dourthe, the current owner, has entrusted its management to his three children.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté (guide 2021) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the domain :
Wine Enthusiast
Wine rated (2021 guide) 91/100
Domaine noté (guide 2022) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)
About the wine:
Fragrant with a floral character, this wine is already balanced. The tannins and fruit harmonize with a hint of vanilla from the oak barrel aging. This wine should be ready from 2025. - Roger Voss
James Suckling
Wine rated (2021 guide) 92/100
About the wine:
Aromas of blackcurrant, clove, pine needles, dark chocolate, and graphite. Medium to full-bodied, it exhibits firm, ripe, and creamy tannins. Excellent depth of fruit. Juicy finish. Drink from 2023.
Le Figaro vins
Wine rated (2020 guide) 92/100
About the wine:
The vintage is redolent of intense berry aromas—blackcurrant, blueberry—and sweet spices. The palate is ultra-silky and refined. 2020-2035
Vert de Vin
Wine rated (2021 guide) 90-91/100 (Jonathan Choukroun Chicheportiche)
About the wine:
The nose is aromatic and offers a certain intensity, a very fine concentration as well as a slightly tight grain and finesse. It reveals notes of lilac, lily and small notes of strawberry flowers associated with touches of small fresh red fruits as well as fine hints of blackcurrant and a discreet hint of spices. The palate is fruity, balanced and offers an acidulous frame, juiciness, fine tension as well as a fine grain. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy/acidulous blackcurrant, juicy blackberry, lily and small notes of rose associated with touches of lilac as well as fine hints of bergamot, a discreet hint of pepper and toast.
Customer rating
4/5
on 2 reviews
Note and review by M. SALOM M. Published on 13/10/2025
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Note and review by M. THIERRY F. Published on 18/07/2025
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