Chateau Malescot Saint-Exupery, Margaux, 2009 vintage-favorites There’s generous fruit up front

There’s generous fruit up front

The vines grow mostly in clay and limestone soils with a bit of schist

Decant it an hour ahead

aged in mostly used barrique

Chateau Malescot Saint-Exupery, Margaux, 2009 vintage-favorites There’s generous fruit up frontVery few classified estates actually sit in the village of Margaux itself; Malescot Saint Exupery does, with parcels beside Rauzan Segla and up against Chateau Margaux's own vines. When the Zuger family bought this Third Growth in 1955 there were only seven hectares left in production; it now runs to about 30 hectares of gravel, chalk and clay laced with iron, planted to 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. Jean