In Bond Fine Wine. 2019 Vieux Chateau Mazerat, Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France. Grand Cru • Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 98/100 (JD). Drinking window: 2024+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Jane Anson (JA) — 95/100 · Inside Bordeaux, 26/01/2022 · Drink 2027-2042
This opens with tons of liqourice and taut black fruits. Still as knitted down as it was En Primeur, with floral notes and a core of saline minerality, this will need a good seven to eight years in bottle before it really starts to open up, but it is clearly an exceptional, carefully crafted wine that will reward patience. 80% new oak.
Jane Anson (JA) — 95/100 · Decanter.com, 22/05/2020 · Drink 2026 - 2042
Quite different in feel and weight than the others in the Maltus range, this is a little fresher, with higher Cabernet Franc that gives it a sense of reserve. Iris notes curling around the dark fruit, and a tannic frame that demands a good few years in bottle. As it unrolls in the glass glass you see the complexity and tight blueberry and blackberry fruits. 3.76pH. 80% new oak.
Jane Anson (JA) — 95/100 · Inside Bordeaux, 2022-01-26 · Drink 2027-2042
This opens with tons of liqourice and taut black fruits. Still as knitted down as it was En Primeur, with floral notes and a core of saline minerality, this will need a good seven to eight years in bottle before it really starts to open up, but it is clearly an exceptional, carefully crafted wine that will reward patience. 80% new oak.