Mangot (BIO-ORGANIC) - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2023

Jeb DUNNUCK

94

byJeb Dunnuckthe3/31/2026

Based on 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and aged in 25% new French oak (the balance in once-used barrels, amphora, and foudre), the 2023 Château Mangot offers ripe red and black fruits, leafy herbs, graphite, and spring flowers. Medium-bodied on the palate, it's nicely concentrated, balanced, and layered, with ample mid-palate depth and ripe tannins. I love its purity, and it will have two decades of longevity. Drink 2026-2046.

The Wine Cellar Insider

93

byJeff Levethe3/30/2026

Tobacco, chocolate-mint, espresso, and dark red berries with a nice touch of minerality open the wine in the nose and on the palate. The wine is fresh, lively, vibrant, and balanced, with strong note of spice, and crushed stone that comes in at the end of the finish. Give it just a year or two of aging, and enjoy it over the next 15 or more years with pleasure. The wine is produced from a blend of 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2040.

Vinous

92

byAntonio Gallonithe3/16/2026

The 2023 Mangot is silky, plush and beautifully done. Ripe tannins wrap around a core of dark red/purplish fruit, lavender, blood orange, kirsch and a kiss of French oak. This is an extroverted style, but it works quite well.

Vinous

90

byNeal Martinthe2/1/2026

Unfortunately, the sample of Mangot at the first organised tasting had been wrongly picked at the château ... not that any of the other tasters noticed. So if you see other reviews noting similarity to the 2022, then you know that's because it was the 2022. (Incidentally, the same thing happened at two different tastings.) At the second, a quick call was made to the château, and a 2023 materialised! It has a lovely bouquet with black plum and raspberry coulis scents, the oak neatly integrated, more discrete and classical than the 2022. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins. Good density and weight, black rather than red fruit laced with white pepper on the relatively bold finish. Give this a couple of years in bottle.

Jamessuckling.com

93

byJames Sucklingthe1/27/2026

A solid red with aromas of dark berries and hints of roasted almonds, bark and dark earth, following through to a full body with juicy fruit and layers of tannins. A big wine for the vintage. From biodynamically grown grapes. A blend of 65% merlot, 30% cabernet sauvignon and 5% cabernet sauvignon. Drink or hold.

My Bettane + Desseauve

90-91

by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/15/2024

Pour le moment, c’est l’assise finale tannique qui parle et s’affirme. L’élevage lui permettra de gagner en nuances.

Yvesbeck.wine

90

byYves Beckthe5/14/2024

Dieser Merlot stammt aus Parzellen, die ihm gewidmet sind. Der Wein macht von Anfang an Lust auf Genuss, gleich mit den ersten Düften des Bouquets. Dieses ist geprägt von Frische mit Mandarinenschalen und Himbeernoten. Die vom Bouquet angekündigte Frische wird vom Gaumen übernommen. Der Wein ist knackig, saftig und wird durch seine prägnante Säurestruktur regelrecht angetrieben. Ein animierender Rosé, der viele Gaumen begeistern wird.

Jeb DUNNUCK

89-91

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/13/2024

The deep purple-hued 2023 Château Mangot is solid, offering medium to full-bodied aromas and flavors of darker, almost blue fruits as well as fresh herbs and sappy flowers. I've struggled with the wines from Mangot over the past few vintages, as I find a distinct, vegetal, celery character that develops in bottle. Whether this is related to something in the winemaking, pick dates, or just something I’m personally sensitive to (I know others think highly of these wines), I truthfully don’t know. Nevertheless, this certainly shows well at this stage. The blend is 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Franc.

The Drinks Business

93-95

byColin Haythe5/7/2024

Mangot (Saint Émilion; 65% Merlot; 30% Cabernet Franc; 5% Cabernet Sauvignon; Thomas Duclos is the consultant here). Vivant, vivid and wonderfully expressive both aromatically and on the palate, this exudes the spirit and health in the vineyard associated with biodynamic winemaking – you can feel it, you can scent it, you can taste it. Crystalline purity reinforced by those wondrous calcaire tannins and a great sense of dynamism and energy in the ultra-sapid and juicy mid-palate. My only qualm about this wine in the past was just a little too much oak; not here. This is truly great, above all on the context of the vintage.

The Wine Cellar Insider

92-94

byJeff Levethe5/6/2024

Chocolate mint, with dark red berries is what you initially notice before you find the blackberries, black raspberries, and licorice in the nose. Lively, fresh, and pure on the palate, with lift to the dark chocolate overtones, crushed rocks, and juicy plums, the wine is more elegant than robust, with a refreshing, spearmint accented backend. Give it just a year, or two of aging, and enjoy it over the next 15 or more years with pleasure. The wine is produced from a blend of 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

93

byJane Ansonthe5/6/2024

Vibrant ruby in colour plenty of violet reflections, attractive En Primeur colour and aromatics, with estate signature. Pretty fresh acidities, a little overly sharp, but there is plenty of raspberry and redcurrant fruit to counterbalance, and the whole thing feels full of life and tension. Todeschini family, Thomas Duclos consultant. 34ha, 25% new oak for ageing.

Vinous

89-91

byAntonio Gallonithe4/30/2024

The 2023 Mangot is a heady, extroverted wine. Soaring Cabernet aromatics meld into a core of red cherry, plum, blood orange, spice, menthol and cinnamon. The 2023 offers an attractive combination of aromatic presence and textural creaminess. It's a big wine, to be sure. Tasted two times.

Falstaff

94

byPeter Moserthe4/29/2024

Dark ruby, opaque core, purple reflections, delicate edge brightening. Fine floral nu- ances, fresh heart cherry, red forest berries, very inviting bouquet. Complex, tightly meshed, fresh berry fruit, mineral, ripe tannins, good savouriness on the finish, a hint of nougat in the aftertaste.

Alexandre Ma

90-92

byAlexandre Mathe4/28/2024

Wine Advocate

92-94

byWilliam Kelleythe4/26/2024

Another beautiful wine from this perpetually improving property, the 2023 Château Mangot delivers aromas of blackberries and mulberries mingled with hints of licorice, pencil shavings, bay leaf and violets. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with a seamless, complete profile and impressive mid-palate density, it's a blend of 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon with élevage combining, as usual, new oak, used barriques, foudre and amphorae.

Jamessuckling.com

92-93

byJames Sucklingthe4/25/2024

The density of fruit grabs your attention, showing fullness and richness with blue fruit and a hazelnut undertone. Chewy at the end of the polished and solid palate. Structured young wine.