Chateau Malartic-Lagraviere

Pessac-Léognan

Cru Classé de Graves

last update : Wednesday 06 January 2010

Château Malartic Lagravière was named in honor of the Count de Malartic, a French admiral and former owner. Bought by Alfred-Alexandre Bonnie from Madame Ricard in 1996, Malartic's vineyard has undergone radical transformations, and the winemaking facilities have also been seriously updated. Every detail of wine production is electronically monitored, including cellar temperature.
The carefully tended vineyard is located on a series of isolated plots with gravel, shelly limestone, and clay soil.
From the very beginning, the Bonnie family has always aimed to give Château Malartic Lagravière a more attractive, expressive style.
The château also produces an excellent dry white wine from a 6 hectare plot planted predominantly with Sauvignon Blanc.

WINE PRODUCED BY THE ESTATE

Malartic-Lagravière (dry white and red), Sillage de Malartic (second wine), Rosé de Malartic

COMPARISON WITH AOC - PESSAC-LÉOGNAN

Vintage	Absolute score	Relative score to the Appellation	Standard deviation

2008	90.8	100.5	1.6
2007	89.7	100.8	2.29
2006	89.5	99.5	2.81
2005	89.2	101.1	5.11
2004	86.6	99.7	4.86
2003	86.2	100.2	5.23
2002	86.9	101.6	5.2
2001	84.0	99.1	5.57
2000	86.4	100.1	4.23
1999	84.3	98.1	4.47
1998	87.3	99.7	5.73
1997	87.0	102.9	4.65

TASTING NOTES

Alain Bringolf - 05/2006

Deep blood-red color.
Hedonistic bouquet of spice, coffee, and ripe red fruit.
Lush, concentrated, and round on the palate with elegant tannin and attractive freshness. Slightly hollow on the middle palate, but with a characterful finish.
This is a real crowd pleaser.