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Sociando Mallet 1982 (750ML)

$210.00
SKU:
SOCIANDO82B
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Vintage:
1982
Format:
750ML
Region:
Left Bank
Appellation:
Haut-Medoc
Stock Status:
Pre-Arrival

Critic Scores, Reviews & Descriptions

94 WA / 92 VM / 92 WS / 17.5 JR

One of the great wines of the vintage in the Médoc, from perfectly conserved bottles, the 1982 Sociando-Mallet continues to display extraordinary vitality and intensity of flavor at age 40. Wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis, burning embers, pencil shavings and sweet soil tones, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a racy spine of acidity and sweet, powdery tannins, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. December 2022. - William Kelley, Wine Advocate

The 1982 Sociando-Mallet is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, picked from September 17 to October 3. It has a lovely bouquet of red currant and cranberry fruit, warm bricks (terracotta?), a touch of Marmite and dried herbs. Maybe a little rustic, but there is plenty of freshness and complexity. The palate is well balanced with dry tannin and vestiges of red berry fruit. The earthy notes are more pronounced than in another bottle tasted in February 2017. But there is still freshness and depth here, plus a welcome pinch of black pepper and sage toward the finish. Perhaps this is approaching the end of a long drinking plateau, but nevertheless, it’s a great Sociando-Mallet. Tasted at the vertical tasting at Sociando-Mallet. -- Neal Martin, Vinous Media

Shows great class, with concentrated berry and cherry characteristics and lots of well-knit tannins. Built for aging, with fantastic length. - Wine Spectator

Harvest date 17 Sep-3 Oct; yield 70.9 hl/ha; vineyard area 27.74 ha
Very luscious-looking crimson – extremely dark, really almost out to the edge. Voluptuous nose that really is quite unlike its precedents – almost New World-like. Velvety with just a hint at the sort of St-Estèphe rigour one expects (and has seen in earlier vintages) here. Sweet start and still really quite youthful. Lots of dense fruit and much vibrancy on the palate. Thick and still with some of the trademark freshness and very firm tannic backbone – perhaps firmer than in some of the more recent vintages I'm about to taste? – but really quite, quite different from any previous vintage. Long, still chewy finish. Strong cassis flavour still. - Jancis Robinson

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