Château Malartic-Lagravière

Name: Château Malartic-Lagravière
Brand: Château Malartic-Lagravière
SKU: 4425K00920-75LCB06
Price: 39.0 CHF
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Red wine | Cru Classé de Graves, Pessac-Léognan AC

Enjoying a great reputation since the beginning of the last century, Château Malartic-Lagravière is one of only six classified growths in both white and red in the 1953 Graves classification.

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France Bordeaux
Cabernet Franc
Merlot
5 - 20 years
14.20 % Vol.

Features

Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Sub-region	Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Wine type	Red wine
Designation	Cru Classé de Graves, Pessac-Léognan AC
Grape variety	Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Alcohol content	14.20 % Vol.
Cellaring	5 - 20 years
Serving temperature	16 - 18 ° C

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Château Malartic-Lagravière

CHF 39.00 (75cl)

Colour

A dark and intense purple red, with purplish highlights.

Nose

Intense aromas of ripe fruit, dominated by notes of blueberry and blackcurrant, followed by flavors of licorice and chocolate, ending with a minty touch.

Palate

First impression tasty and elegant, revealing density and sapidity, with perfectly integrated silky tannins. A delicious and refreshing wine.

Wine-growing terroir

Château Malartic-Lagravière is located on a ridge of Léognan, on soils of quarternaire gravel and clay veins. This very permeable soil, capable of retaining a large reserve of water, ensures a perfect water supply for the vines. It benefits from a slightly variable microclimate and optimal sunlight exposure.

Winemaking

Hand-picked grapes from individual plots in small crates, double sorting on vibrating tables, vinification in small thermo-regulated truncated cone-shaped wooden and stainless steel vats, fermentation lasting three weeks. Traditional ageing for 18 months on fine lees in French oak barrels (65% new wood). Consulting oenologist Eric Boissenot.

Bottle closure

Cork

Packaging

Wooden box

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Jeb Dunnuck Coming in at close to equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, the 2020 Château Malartic-Lagravière is another brilliant 2020 Pessac-Léognan with loads to offer. Expressive notes of red and black fruit, sweet tobacco, lead pencil, and camphor all emerge on the nose, and it’s medium to full-bodied on the palate, with a forward, seamless, sexy profile that already offers pleasure. The tannins are present yet integrated and perfectly ripe, it’s balanced, and I suspect it will evolve for a solid two decades or more. Tasted twice. The blend is 50.4% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47.8% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc that hit 14.2% natural alcohol. March 2023.

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Yves Beck Que de précision et d’énergie dans ce vin ! Le bouquet révèle des nuances de menthe et de mûres et invite à goûter le vin. Friand et soutenu par des tannins élégants, le vin se veut certes gracieux, mais il est tellement juteux, salivant qu’il endosse finalement un rôle de bobo dansant du hip-hop ! Quelle belle réussite. 2025-2045. Novembre 2022.

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Wine Enthusiast A richly impressive wine from the Bonnie family's estate. Dark tannins and rich fruits are elements of a wine that is going to be generous and dense, ripe and stylish with plenty of aging potential. 94-96/100. Roger Voss.

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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The deep purple-black 2020 Malartic Lagraviere leaps from the glass with vibrant notes of Bing cherries, black raspberries, ripe plums and boysenberries, plus suggestions of pencil lead, wild sage and crushed rocks. Medium-bodied, the palate has lovely energy and freshness, offering a solid backbone of grainy tannins to support the lively red and black fruit layers, finishing savory. The tentative blend is 50.4% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47.8% Merlot, and 1.8% Cabernet Franc, with only 38% of production going into the grand vin. The alcohol is 14% this year. Drinking window: 2025 -2045. 92-94/100. Lisa Perrotti-Brown. Mai 2021. Commencing with the 2020 vintage, the estate has chosen a new bottle for the grand cru and second vin, highlighted by an engraved ship, the symbol of the estate.

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Decanter Fragrant blossom aromatics give way to more concentrated waxy lemon and juicy lemongrass attack. Barrel fermented, with careful extraction. The warm summer comes through in traces of cumin spice and white pepper, and in the concentration of the flavours through the mid palate, but this is measured and deft, and extremely easy to recommend. Second year with Eric Boissenot as consultant, 65% new oak. A yield of 31hl/ha. Drinking window: 2022-2030. Jane Anson. May 2021.

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Château Malartic-Lagravière

Château Malartic-Lagravière, Grand Cru Classé de Graves situé à Léognan, incarne l’alliance entre tradition bordelaise et vision contemporaine. Repris en 1997 par la famille Bonnie, le domaine a connu une profonde modernisation des vignes et des chais, tout en respectant l’identité de son terroir de graves exceptionnel. Aujourd’hui, il produit des vins rouges et blancs de Pessac-Léognan reconnus pour leur élégance, leur précision et leur grande capacité de garde.

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