2021 Chateau Sociando Mallet - Haut-Medoc AOP

Decanter.com – 92 pts – GH: *Juicy and lively, a nice buzz to this straight away, lifted and then controlled by quite prominent minerality that gives the salty undercurrent. Doesn't quite sustain so much weight - but this is well balanced, carefully delivered with integrated tannins - just grainy and supportive, with a general feeling of energy, tanginess and freshness at the start and finish. A nice glass. Not big, but refined, elegant and well presented. Has some charm.* - 12/2023

Falstaff Magazin – 92 pts – PM: *Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Reife Pflaumen, feines Brombeerkonfit, kandierte Orangenzesten, feine Kräuterwürze. Stoffig, dunkle Kirschen, frischer Säurebogen, gut integrierte Tannine, mineralisch und lebendig im Finale, ein eleganter Speisenwein..* - 05/2022

Vinum Magazin – 17/20 pts: *Sehr zurückhaltend, aber viel versprechend; von angenehm schlanker, sogar eleganter Art, erstklassiges, pulvriges Tannin und fruchtiger Ausklang; gehört zu den schönsten, weil ausgewogensten, stilvollsten SM überhaupt.*

WeinWisser – 17,5/20pts – GL, TW: *54 % Merlot, 44 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 2 % Cabernet Franc. Subtiles Bouquet, frisch gepflückte rote Johannisbeere, Preiselbeersaft, heller Tabak und zartes Veilchenparfüm. Am komplexen Gaumen mit weicher Textur, stützender Rasse, salzigem Extrakt, durchtrainiertem Körper. Im gebündelten Finale verschlankt sich der Haut- Médoc, rotbeerige Konturen, dunkle Mineralik und fein sandige Adstringenz. Kann noch zulegen! Best-Buy!* – 04/2022

Vinous.com – (89-91+) pts – AG: *The 2021 Sociando Mallet is a powerful, classically austere Haut-Médoc that is going to need a number of years to unwind. There's good depth and plenty of intensity, but the 2021 is in no mood to show its cards today. A dark, beguiling beauty, Sociando will have a lot to say at some point.* - 04/2022

Vinous.com – 90 pts – NM: *The 2021 Sociando-Mallet takes some time to cohere in the glass, though it eventually offers attractive blackberry, brine and cedar scents. A very slight black truffle note lurks in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins. This is a pretty Sociando, well-balanced and fresh, gaining depth toward the finish with a bright, sour cherry-edged aftertaste.* - 11/2023

Thewinecellarinsider.com – (89-91) pts – JL: *The nose kicks off with dark red currants, cigar wrapper, cedar, spice, and peppery herbs. The wine is medium/full-bodied with a core of bright, chewy, lively red fruits, earth and herbs, leaving you with, crisp red berries in the endnote. This is a very good effort in this difficult vintage. The wine blends 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, Drink from 2025-2040.* - 05/2022