Sociando-Mallet - 2000 (750ml) Size:750ml A bouquet of melted tar

A bouquet of melted tar

picnic-styled claret

and the quality of all the estates he owns has soared dramatically

loamy soil and earthy minerality intermixed with some background smoke

Sociando-Mallet - 2000 (750ml) Size:750ml A bouquet of melted tarThis is a beautiful wine and certainly one of the great sleepers of the vintage. I originally predicted that this wine would be at full maturity between 2007 and 2028, but I would push that back by a good 4 5 years. Still inky purple, with notes of acacia flowers intermixed with wet rocks, black currants, and blueberries, the wine is full bodied, displays no real evidence of any oak, and offers up terrific concentration, texture, and length. For those