Chateau Sociando-Mallet, Medoc, 2000
Chateau Sociando-Mallet sits 10km north of Pauillac in the Haut-Medoc, and it's long been regarded as the equal of many classed growths, a genuine Bordeaux sleeping giant. The modern estate was built by Jean Gautreau, who bought the run-down property in 1969 and spent fifty years turning it into one of the Medoc's great overachievers. The 2000 is a celebrated vintage and now a fully mature back-vintage Medoc, the kind of classically-built claret that rewards patience with savory, resolved complexity. From a private collection, this is old Bordeaux drinking right in its sweet spot.
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Chateau Sociando-Mallet sits 10km north of Pauillac in the Haut-Medoc, and it's long been regarded as the equal of many classed growths, a genuine Bordeaux sleeping giant. The modern estate was built by Jean Gautreau, who bought the run-down property in 1969 and spent fifty years turning it into one of the Medoc's great overachievers. The 2000 is a celebrated vintage and now a fully mature back-vintage Medoc, the kind of classically-built claret that rewards patience with savory, resolved complexity. From a private collection, this is old Bordeaux drinking right in its sweet spot.
