2020 Chateau de Malleret Haut-Medoc Cramant Antonio Galloni/Vinous"The 2022 Clos Marsalette

Antonio Galloni/Vinous"The 2022 Clos Marsalette is quite bold and fruity in its first impression

especially considering the challenges of the year with heavy rains

and kept on the lees for three years until its disgorgement in June 2024

Chateau Laffitte Carcasset’s 35 hectares sit on a rise overlooking the Gironde and its soils are comprised of gravel upon clay and limestone

2020 Chateau de Malleret Haut-Medoc Cramant Antonio Galloni/Vinous"The 2022 Clos Marsalette91 Points, Jeb Dunnuck "I loved the 2020 Chteau De Malleret, which is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot. Raised in 30% new barrels with the balance in once and twice used oak, it offers up a rich, opulent, medium to full bodied profile as well as classic black and red currant fruit, notes of leafy tobacco and iron, a great mid palate, and ripe, polished tannins that emerge on the finish. This is a gem of a wine