Skip to page content
2017 Malartic-Lagravière, Pessac-Léognan

2017 Malartic-Lagravière, Pessac-Léognan

Pre-Arrival
94WE
93DC
93JS
93WS
92VN
91RP
89-91JD
$69.99

This item is out of stock, would you like to save it and be notified when it's back?

94

Wine Enthusiast

Reviewed January 2020
This ripe, structured wine is dense with tannins as well as acidity and black fruits. The weight and concentration promise well for the future, offering a richly juicy wine... *Cellar Selection* (RV)
RareStorage

Your wine. Your timing.

Take possession when your pre-arrivals are ready, or choose managed storage with RareStorage.

60 days free on K&L purchases. Then $0.40 per bottle/month. $9.50 monthly minimum.

Set pre-arrival preferenceDetails & rates

Professional Reviews

93

Decanter

Review Date: 09/2019
Deep in colour, with a rich sweet character to the fruit - it's clear how carefully they have worked to maintain mid-palate roundness in a vintage where half of the fruit was lost to frost (affecting mainly the 2nd wine, with a 22hl/ha yield overall). It's enjoyable and opens up in the glass. Not as concentrated as the 2018 or 2016 vintages at Malartic, but an awful lot going for it, with precision and poise, and it has settled in to itself over ageing. (JA)

93

James Suckling

Review Date: 01/2020
This has plenty of rich fruit, in the dark-cherry and cassis zone. The oak is nicely played into earthy accents, too. The tannins are smooth-grained and open out smoothly on the finish, delivering creamy, ripe berries. Drink or hold.

93

Wine Spectator

Review Date: 03/2020
Quite ripe, with succulent plum, cassis and raspberry pâte de fruit flavors mixed together, lined with licorice and anise details, showing a well-integrated apple wood note on the finish, backed by a light scoring of tar. Exhibits lots of compact energy, so this should unwind nicely in the cellar. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. (JM)

Notes

91 points Antonio Galloni in Vinous: "The 2017 Malartic Lagravière is a rich, sumptuous wine endowed with tremendous richness. Raspberry jam, mocha, new oak, licorice, mint, chocolate and sweet spice are all kicked up a few notches in this flamboyant, exotic Pessac-Léognan. This is an especially dense, heady style. I would give the 2017 a few years in bottle to see if the new oak integrates a bit more fully. Tasted three times." (3/2020)

Details

TypeRed Wine
VarietalCabernet Sauvignon and Blends
OriginPessac-Leognan/Graves, Bordeaux, France
Bottle Size750 mL
SKU1359071