1999 Malescot St Exupery
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A notable success, the 1999 Malescot St. Exupery continues to offer delicious drinking, bursting with aromas of sweet dark berries, tobacco leaf, loamy soil and cedar box. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and open, with melting tannins and a lively, giving profile, it's in its prime today.
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This estate, which has continued to impress me in recent years, hit a home run in 2000. Showing slightly better than I rated it previously, this wine is deep bluish/purple with some lightening at the edge, and its floral nose displays notes of melted licorice, crushed rock, blueberries and black raspberries. A wine of extraordinary balance, equilibrium, and purity, with supple tannins, this medium to full-bodied, concentrated effort is already compelling and has hit its window of full maturity, where it should stay for another 15-20 years. (RP)
Very dark colour but not much nose. Lots of acidity and a strange lack of weight on the palate. Unforthcoming. Very dry finish. (JR)
Healthy crimson. Lively, toasty, rather supple. Lots of acidity. Definitely refreshing. Quite astringent and old-fashioned. (JR)