2007 Malescot St. Exupéry

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Margaux Grand Cru Classé

Bordeaux

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Bordeaux Blend

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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"We expected to do much less extraction during vinification but ended up raising the temperature and doing more maceration," said Jean-Luc Zuger, who harvested later than most of his neighbors (between September 28 and October 12), then chilled the arriving grapes overnight to about 40oF, which allowed for a pre-fermentation cold soak that lasted nearly a week. He was still stirring the lees when I stopped by to taste at the beginning of April. Production here was just 36 hectoliters per hectare, noted Zuger.