Chateau Malescot St. Exupery (Futures Pre-Sale) 2012

Professional Ratings

• 93 Wine Spectator
  This is distinctive, with a roasted alder streak running through an enticing core of crushed plum, blackberry and black currant confiture flavors. Long and velvety on the finish, with bay, tobacco and black tea accents checking in. This is suave, with fruit and terroir in spades, particularly for the vintage. Best from 2017 through 2025.
• 93 James Suckling
  This is soft and pretty with currant and berry character and hints of wet earth. Full body, with fine tannins and a fresh and lively finish. Refined and beautiful. Juicy and long. Sweet fruit in the center palate.
  Barrel Sample: 92-93 Points
• 92 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  This wine offers attractive floral notes intermixed with notions of lavender, black currants, black cherries, smoke and earth. It is another successful effort from an estate that has been consistently producing exceptional wines in all the finest vintages over the last 15-20 years. An attractive, seductive, dense ruby/purple-hued, medium-bodied 2012, it finishes with some shortness, but everything leading up to the finish is impressive. Like most of these 2012s that possess a certain forward appeal, it should drink well for 12-15 years.
  Barrel Sample: 89-92 Points
• 92 Wine Enthusiast
  This concentrated wine brings out all the qualities of 2012 vintage—fruitiness, juicy black fruit and great swathes of fresh acidity. It's a finely balanced wine.
  Barrel Sample: 90-92 Points
• 92 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  So very impressive and so affordable for its high-grade quality, the 2012 Château Malescot St. Exupery is by far one of the top wines from Bordeaux. Deep ruby color; enticing aroma of black fruits, licorice and anise, earth in the background, full depth; medium to full bodied, built on the palate; dry, medium acidity, well balanced; bold, black fruit and sweet earth, yes and a dose of sweet oak for added complexity; long finish, some youthful tannins in the aftertaste. (Tasted: September 14, 2015, San Francisco, CA)