2024 Malartic Lagraviere
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Tasting Notes
Sandalwood, white almond, almost a hint of horse hair and assorted croquant red and darker berries, a little plum skin too and, with aeration, graphite and a touch of acacia. Damson, redcurrant and mulberry. Lovely cassis appears on the attack – it builds in and through the mid-palate. When first tasted it seemed to tone in and tone out as one comes back to it, as if it’s just a little reluctant to show all that it has; a little more consistent when tasted at the UGC press tasting. The elevated Cabernet works here rather beautifully. Sapid and juicy, energetic and vibrant, this is a good result, but it does lose a bit of shape in the mid-palate which it never quite regains. A touch of dryness on the finish.
Critic Scores
Average Score
Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
More reviews and scores
The 2024 Malartic Lagravière is one of the more evanescent wines I encountered at this address. Offering up aromas of cassis and dark berries, it's light to medium-bodied, supple and spicy, built around tangy acids and a short, fruity finish marked by brittle tannins.
A château that has been riding a wave of success in recent years, producing excellent consistency, and here they deliver a concentrated shot of pureed damson fruit, a lovely addition in a vintage where things tend to be on the slim side. Juicy, textured, freshly cut herbs and gunsmoke layered through black fruits. Doesn't entirely escape the challenges of the year and is a little short on the finish but one of the successes of the year. Bonnie family owners here.
The 2024 Malartic Lagravière has quite a forward nose with blackberry and raspberry fruit. The aromatics lack the delineation and complexity of the 2022, but they do cohere nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, linear and nicely focused with quite firm tannins, a little more grip than its peers and a saline/black olive tapenade-tinged finish. Give it a couple of years in bottle.
About the producer
One of few estates classified for both red and white wine production, Malartic-Lagravière was renovated entirely after the Bonnie family purchased it in 1996. They also expanded the property to its current 53 hectares.