Sociando-Mallet 2009 è un Haut-Médoc di razza. Alla vista, si presenta di colore rosso porpora, scuro e profondo. Il naso è complesso ed offre aromi di piccoli frutti neri combinati a note di botti di rovere nuove derivanti dall'affinamento, perfettamente integrate. In bocca, possiede una straordinaria struttura cremosa con tannini equilibrati e setosi, il tutto caratterizzato da una elegante densità. Al retrolfatto, ritroviamo i frutti neri (more, mirtilli e ribes nero) e un tocco minerale. Il finale è lungo e persistente. Vino solare e goloso con un'ottima capacità di invecchiamento.
Critica
Château Sociando-Mallet 2009
Parker
90
100
J. Suckling
92
100
Wine Advocate-Parker :
This uncompromising property has turned out a backward, forbiddingly tannic wine that, even in this very opulent and flamboyant vintage, will need a minimum of 10-15 years of cellaring yet keep for 40 or more years. Opaque black/purple, with notes of crushed rock, white flowers, graphite, blueberry and cassis, the wine is tight and needs to be coaxed from the glass. It is medium to full-bodied, with an excruciatingly tough-textured finish. Everything is here, and the wine is set for a long life, but it is not the least bit charming and certainly won't be for at least another decade.
This uncompromising property has turned out a backward, forbiddingly tannic wine that, even in this very opulent and flamboyant vintage, will need a minimum of 10-15 years of cellaring yet keep for 40 or more years. Opaque black/purple, with notes of crushed rock, white flowers, graphite, blueberry and cassis, the wine is tight and needs to be coaxed from the glass. It is medium to full-bodied, with an excruciatingly tough-textured finish. Everything is here, and the wine is set for a long life, but it is not the least bit charming and certainly won't be for at least another decade.