2009 Ch. Malescot St. Exupéry, Margaux

The 2009 Ch. Malescot St Exupery has a lovely intensity of sweet red and black fruit with a high level of firm but fine tannins that are destined to mellow with time. Elegant and not over-flamboyant, this has impressive restraint for the vintage.

Fine dense red, strikingly vibrant cassis nose, very good clear fruit with density and length, quite tight now and will open up well and always be distinctively spicy.
(Steven Spurrier - Decanter - Apr 2010)

41% of the crop. 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot, 29% Merlot. Pontallier says: 'We were tempted to make a Pavillon better than ever. Luscious but light. Stricter selection for Pavillon than usual.' Bright crimson. Very fragrant, like the Issan. Quite low key. Very sweet palate entry and light and just a little herbaceous on the palate. Some chew as though the lots with the least ripe tannins went into this. Deep throat warming finish though. Very pure.
(Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com - Apr 2010)

This is absolutely fabulous. I love the complex aromas of ripe fruit and fresh flowers that turn to mineral and raspberry, along with tannins on the finish. This changes all the time. Full-bodied and dense, but so beautiful and long. The layers of ultrafine tannins just turn off the tip of your tongue.
(James Suckling - Wine Spectator - Apr 2010)