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2002 Château Malescot St. Exupéry - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux (4/15/2012)
Another wonderful bottle of wine. Although it’s not fully mature, it is coming along nicely. It wasn’t as soft as I remembered my last bottle. I actually thought this one was on the ferocious side for a Margaux that’s 10 years old. The best part of drinking this wine was actually smelling it. It had a really wonderful and deep nose of black currants, mossy treebark, earth, and bitter chocolate. On the palate, the fruit seemed slightly lighter and more in the red color spectrum than it did on the nose. Cherry, chocolate, and licorice on the palate with a minimal saline note on the finish. A touch of toasty oak is also still tasteable. All in all, this is a great wine to pair with substantial dishes, such as the braised beef shank I drank it alongside with. Definitely a wine I can recommend.
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