Best Sellers New Arrivals Local Events Locations Gift Cards My Account Advanced Search
  • Home
  • : 1998 Malescot-St Exupery, Margaux
1998 Malescot-St Exupery, Margaux Product Zoom

1998 Malescot-St Exupery, Margaux

SKU #1022037 90 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

A classic, this 1998 combines elegance with lovely textured, rich flavors of black cherries and currants, resulting in a quintessential Bordeaux that is unlike any other wine produced in the world. The wine possesses an ethereal lightness, layers of fruit, and a diaphanous framework. More nuances appear with each sip. Tasters will find notes of blackberries, plums, currants, tar, spice box, and minerals. A beautifully etched wine, it will be at its finest between 2003-2017. (RP) (4/2001)

90 points Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

Medium ruby-red. Penetrating, rather Burgundian aromas of spicy dark berries, bitter chocolate and violet. Supple on entry, then quite firm in the middle, with sappy, intense berry fruitiness supported by solid acids. Finishes long and spicy, firmly tannic but not dry. Still quite youthful but already very attractive. A modern style of Margaux, but still with clear Margaux character. (5/2001)

Wine Spectator

Coffee and blackberry aromas, with hints of toasted oak, some earth. Medium-bodied, with firm tannins and a lightly fruity finish...interesting. Best after 2010. (JS, Web-2009)

Share |
Price: $89.99
Add To Waiting List
RP 90 ST 90

Real Time Inventory by location:

The item you have chosen is not in stock in our retail stores or within our main warehouse.

Product turnaround time varies by location of inventory and your chosen method of shipping/pickup. For a detailed explanation click here.

Product Reviews:

Add your own review of this item

You also might be interested in...

2004 Malescasse, Haut-Médoc

2004 Malescasse, Haut-Médoc
$16.99

2004 Haut-Bergey, Pessac-Léognan

2004 Haut-Bergey, Pessac-Léognan
$24.99

1998 Fontesteau, Haut-Medoc

1998 Fontesteau, Haut-Medoc
$17.99

2005 Larmande, St-Emilion

2005 Larmande, St-Emilion
$39.99

2007 Tronquoy-Lalande, St-Estèphe

2007 Tronquoy-Lalande, St-Estèphe
$27.99

Additional Information:

Varietal:

Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends

- Cabernet Sauvignon has come a long way from its role as a blending varietal, however dominant, in the wines of Bordeaux. Today it is the most planted red varietal in the world. Identified as a descendent of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, the late-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon needs to be planted in warmer climates to fully ripen. Its small berries can easily be identified for their distinctive blue color, thick skins and high tannins. And while the varietal has its own definitive characteristics: green pepper-like aromas and black currant flavors among them, it is perhaps most prized for its ability to convey terroir, vintage and winemaking. A relatively new varietal, Cabernet Sauvignon started making inroads into the wines of the Médoc and Graves in the late-18th century. Today it is also dominant in the up-and-coming Entre-Deux-Mers region of Bordeaux and can also be found in Southwest France. It is the companion varietal to Sangiovese in Italy's Super Tuscans and is planted all over Europe, stretching to lesser-known winegrowing regions like Russia and Lebanon. In the Americas Cabernet Sauvignon has found champions in every nook and cranny of California and among winemakers in Washington, where it complements plantings of Merlot. In South America, Cab thrives in Chile, but can also be found in smaller amounts in Argentina and even in Mexico.
Country:

France

- When it comes to wine, France stands alone. No other country can beat it in terms of quality and diversity. And while many of its Region, Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne most obviously, produce wine as rare, as sought-after and nearly as expensive as gold, there are just as many obscurities and values to be had from little known appellations throughout the country. To learn everything there is to know about French wine would take a lifetime. To understand and appreciate French wine, one only has to begin tasting them. Click for a list of bestselling items from all of France.
Sub-Region:

Bordeaux

- View our bestselling Bordeaux.
Specific Appellation:

Margaux

- Margaux is the southern most of all of the appellations of the Haut Medoc. Located near St. Julien, it has more cru classe producers than the other four villages of the area. In addition to the legendary Chateau Margaux, there are five second-growths: Rauzan Gassies, Rauzan Seglas, Dufort-Vivens, Lascombes, and Brane Cantenac. While more people are probably familiar with the third growth Chateau Palmer, there are nine other wineries with the same ranking in addition to a trio of fourth growths and a pair of fifth growths. Because Margaux is comprised of five communes… Margaux, Cantenac, Soussans, Labardes and Arsac, the wines styles are diverse throughout the region with the more masculine tannic wines coming from the Cantenac side of the appellation. Because of a high percentage of Merlot planted in the region, many wines from Margaux are more round, feminine, and exotic that the other appellations of the Haut Medoc.