Chateau Sociando-Mallet, Medoc, 2000 so050425 ukraine offer and kept at minimal sulfur

and kept at minimal sulfur

Crunchy red and black fruits with fresh florals and a balanced finish

The texture is fleshy yet transparent

a south-facing clay-over-limestone-tuffeau slope that grows Cabernet Franc of extraordinary depth and longevity

The estate only began bottling its own wines in 2009/2010

Chateau Sociando-Mallet, Medoc, 2000 so050425 ukraine offer and kept at minimal sulfurChateau 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