1998 Château Malescot Saint-Exupéry

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Tasting notes
Score 90/100 · Drink 2003-2017, Robert Parker, Apr 2001

A classic, this 1998 combines elegance with lovely textured, rich flavors of black cherries and currants, resulting in a quintessential Bordeaux that is unlike any other wine produced in the world. The wine possesses an ethereal lightness, layers of fruit, and a diaphanous framework. More nuances appear with each sip. Tasters will find notes of blackberries, plums, currants, tar, spice box, and minerals. A beautifully etched wine, it will be at its finest between 2003-2017.

Critic scores

Critic scores
87
87/100

Wine Spectator

90
90/100

Robert Parker

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87 points
Wine Spectator
Score 87/100 · Wine Spectator

Coffee and blackberry aromas, with hints of toasted oak, some earth. Medium-bodied, with firm tannins and a lightly fruity finish. A little lean and tough, but interesting.¿'88/'98 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2008). Best after 2010. 8,710 cases made. James Suckling,Wine Spectator 2009

90 points
Robert Parker
Score 90/100 · Robert Parker

A classic, this 1998 combines elegance with lovely textured, rich flavors of black cherries and currants, resulting in a quintessential Bordeaux that is unlike any other wine produced in the world. The wine possesses an ethereal lightness, layers of fruit, and a diaphanous framework. More nuances appear with each sip. Tasters will find notes of blackberries, plums, currants, tar, spice box, and minerals. A beautifully etched wine, it will be at its finest between 2003-2017. Wine Advocate.April, 2001

About the producer

Malescot St Exupery
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Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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