WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 832; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2001 which is 873. The average score for Château Malescot St Exupéry is 865, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Malescot St Exupéry they use words like Black, Ripe, Fruit, Full, Acidity, Tannins, Purple, Floral, Tannin, Oak, Cassis, Sweet, Fruits, Dark, Purity. The 2001 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2001 but no other wine from Château Malescot St Exupéry: Grassy, Straightforward, Splendid, Weedy. The wine has been ready to drink for 12 years (since 2004) and has been past its best for 2 (since 2014). It normally takes wines from Château Malescot St Exupéry around 7 years to be ready to start drinking, and 11 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Beychevelle 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Potensac 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Gloria 2009, Château Batailley 2014.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Malescot St Exupéry 2001
Date |
Currency |
Price |
2016-01-05 |
gbp |
33 |