Chateau Sociando-Mallet

Haut-Médoc

Non classif.

last update : Sunday 08 January 2012

Records show that the Sociondo family (the name Sociando with an "a" instead of an "o" is a misspelling), of Basque origin, owned the estate in the 1600s. However, we have very little information about the château until the French Revolution. A certain Madame Mallet became the owner in the mid-nineteenth century. She added her name to that of Sociando.

The vineyard had shrunk to just 5 hectares by the time Jean Gautreau acquired it in 1969. Thanks to his patient efforts, massive replanting, and considerable investments, Sociando-Mallet now has 95 hectares of vines, including 70 hectares producing the first wine.

This lovely vineyard overlooking the Gironde estuary has predominately gravel soil on a clay-limestone subsoil.

Every step of production, from the vine to the bottle, is looked after in the most minute detail at Sociando-Mallet. Picking is done entirely by hand and the grapes are rigorously sorted before de-stemming. The wine stays on the skins for 20 to 40 days depending on the vintage. It is then aged in new barrels oak barrels for approximately 12 months.

In the Bottle

King of the Haut-Médoc appellation, Sociando Mallet is a much appreciated by numerous connoisseurs, who consider Jean Gautreau's wine a special favorite, especially since the excellent 1990 Sociando-Mallet.

Since the beginning of this century, Château Sociando-Mallet has become even more elegant and approachable in its youth. All the vintages from 2000 to 2005 are excellent, and 1999 Sociando-Mallet is also quite successful.

Sociando-Mallet is a very affordable and dependable wine.

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WINE PRODUCED BY THE ESTATE

Sociando-Mallet, La Demoiselle de Sociando-Mallet (second wine)

COMPARISON WITH AOC - HAUT-MÉDOC

Vintage	Absolute score	Relative score to the Appellation	Standard deviation

2009	91.9	102.6	1.45
2008	91.6	104.0	1.88
2007	89.7	102.6	2.17
2006	90.1	102.2	1.62
2005	88.3	103.2	6.12
2004	89.8	107.2	2.95
2003	89.1	105.5	4.6
2002	87.3	103.8	4.71
2001	85.0	102.7	4.88
2000	86.4	103.3	4.71
1999	88.2	107.0	5.06
1998	87.0	102.1	2.26
1997	88.4	104.7	2.4