Malescot Saint Exupery - Margaux 2020

Vinous

93-93

par Neal Martin le 28/02/2025

The 2020 Malescot Saint-Exupéry is oaky on the nose. At the moment, the wood occludes the fruit profile, but it will assimilate with time, and there is satisfying delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweeter entry than its peers, perhaps due to more extraction or later picking. It retains decent freshness, although it just needs to muster a little more restraint and grace, which may well develop with bottle age. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

Alexandre Ma

94

par Alexandre Ma le 18/04/2023

Wine Spectator

92

par James Molesworth le 31/03/2023

A ripe, slightly flashy style, with a lovely core of mulled plum and blackberry fruit laced with black tea and singed sandalwood. Reveals a very caressing feel through the finish, with hints of mocha and dark tobacco filling in. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2026 through 2036.

Jeb DUNNUCK

94

par Jeb Dunnuck le 30/03/2023

Beautiful cassis, smoky oak, graphite, blackberries, and scorched earth notes emerge from the 2020 Château Malescot Saint Exupéry, another incredibly impressive wine from Margaux in the vintage. With medium to full-bodied richness, it has plenty of mid-palate depth, the building, firmer tannins of the vintage, fabulous purity of fruit, and a great finish. Hide bottles for 4-5 years and enjoy over the following 15-20 years.

Alexandre Ma

94

par Alexandre Ma le 15/03/2023

Vinous

95

par Antonio Galloni le 24/02/2023

The 2020 Malescot Saint Exupéry is absolutely gorgeous. Deep and silky (that is not a typo) Malescot shows a level of finesse that is truly remarkable. There is still plenty of textural intensity, but also greater elegance than in the recent past. Succulent dark cherry, plum, licorice, incense and blood orange all run through this wonderfully sumptuous, expressive Margaux. Give this a few years in bottle. Superb.

Vinous

93.00

par Neal Martin le 15/02/2023

The 2020 Malescot St. Exupery has a beguiling bouquet with red cherries, crushed strawberry, blueberry and iodine - très Margaux. Lovely delineation and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine, slightly chalky tannins, licorice-tinged red fruit, quite structured and almost muscular towards the finish - a long-term Margaux that will repay cellaring. You can already feel this tightening up. Excellent. Tasted twice with consistent notes.

Jamessuckling.com

97

par James Suckling le 16/01/2023

Lots of blackcurrants and blueberries on the nose, together with walnuts and chocolate. Full-bodied and very layered, with super depth and plushness, offering currant, crushed-stone and bitter-chocolate flavors. Very lush for this wine, but velvety and structured at the same time. Needs four to six years of bottle age. Try after 2027.

Yvesbeck.wine

96

par Yves Beck le 03/01/2023

Que de caractère, de profondeur dans Malescot-St. Exupéry 2020 ! Le bouquet, juvénile, brille de sa
pluralité, de sa complexité au travers de nuances florales et fruitées. Il se révèle lentement et
annonce un grand vin. Ceci est bien assumé par le palais qui cumule fraîcheur, fruit et tension. Ses
tannins, précis et veloutés, assurent la puissance et confèrent une belle amertume en fin de bouche,
ce qui a pour effet de souligner l'expression et la persistance de la finale. Un vin brillant de précision,
de puissance, de tonus et de persistance. 2026-2045

Vinous

93-95

par Antonio Galloni le 01/06/2021

The 2020 Malescot Saint Exupéry offers up scents of scorched earth, licorice, smoke, gravel and menthol. Powerful, bold and savory, the 2020 possesses remarkable depth and tons of character. Malescot has been one of the under the radar gems in Bordeaux these last few years. The 2020 is another gorgeous wine from the château.

Jeb DUNNUCK

93-95

par Jeb Dunnuck le 28/05/2021

Lots of cassis, blackberries, toasted spices, and vanilla-tinged oak define the nose of the 2020 Château Malescot Saint Exupery, and it’s medium to full-bodied, round, and supple on the palate. With velvety tannins, terrific mid-palate depth, and the classic purity of fruit that’s the hallmark of the vintage, it builds nicely with time in the glass and is another incredibly impressive Margaux that will have two decades or more of prime drinking.

Vinous

94-96

par Neal Martin le 27/05/2021

The 2020 Malescot St. Exupery was picked at 31hl/ha. It has a bouquet that I would describe as controlled opulence: lavish blueberry, Dorset plums, crushed violet and incense burst from the glass... but in orderly fashion. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe and succulent tannins that lend this Margaux a fleshy texture, yet there is clearly ample structure, as well as marvelous salinity and precision on the finish. This 2020 continues the purple patch for this property and comes highly recommended.

Decanter.com

92

par Jane Anson le 25/05/2021

Enjoyable black fruit aromatics on the nose, they do a good job here of soft pedalling the extraction on the attack, although by the mid palate we are in bitter chocolate and liquorice territory. Again, concentration and intensity is an overriding signature of the vintage. 3% Petit Verdot completes the blend. A yield of 31hl/ha.

The Wine Cellar Insider

95-97

par Jeff Leve le 21/05/2021

Incredibly dark in color, the nose jumps with smoked currants, burning embers, singed cherries, spice and flowers. The wine is plush, dense, full-bodied and rich, with layers of polished, velvety dark red fruits that coat and soothe your palate, finishing with dark chocolate, sweet plums, licorice and espresso. Give this at least 8 or more years in the cellar and the wine is going to really start to show. 95-97

Wine Advocate

95-97

par Lisa Perrotti-Brown le 20/05/2021

Sporting a deep purple-black color, the 2020 Malescot St. Exupery prances out of the glass with showy scents of ripe black and red currants, black cherries, raspberry leaves and ground cloves, plus wafts of lilacs and tilled soil. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers mouth-coating black and red fruit layers with a firm, grainy texture and well-balanced acidity, finishing on a lingering fragrant-earth note.

Anthocyanes

94-96

par Yohan Castaing le 11/05/2021

Fruits noirs bien murs, des notes d'épices, un léger boisé ainsi que des arômes de mure et de cassis. Bouche ronde, moelleuse, crémeuse avec des tanins veloutés et une belle allonge. Ce cru continue son évolution stylistique vers plus de finesse et moins de bois.

Bernard Burtschy

94-95

par Bernard Burtschy le 10/05/2021

Falstaff

93-95

par Peter Moser le 10/05/2021

Reife rote Herzkirschen, Nuancen von Hagebutten udn Sanddorn, heller Nougat, kandierte Orangenzesten. Saftig, elegant, reife Kirschen, zarte Fruchtsüße, reife, eingebundene Tannine, frisch strukturiert, bleibt gut haften, sicheres Reifepotenzial.

My Bettane + Desseauve

92

par Bettane & Desseauve le 07/05/2021

Jamessuckling.com

97-98

par James Suckling le 23/04/2021

Solid red with blackberry, blueberry, chocolate and spice. Lots of hazelnut, too. It’s full-bodied with chewy, polished tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Best of the trilogy vintages?