Sociando Mallet公认的高质加上超高性价比令他一直都是资深酒友间的宝藏之一~之所以说Chateau Sociando-Mallet是传奇酒庄,是因为1855年波尔多分级时,这支被誉为有实力进入Grand Cru级的酒庄,却因当时的庄主不认同分级理念,故此拒绝被评级。现任庄主Jean Gautreau 在1969购入,亦秉承前人理念,在2003年中产级(Cru Bourgeois)再度评级时,也拒绝被评,多么有个性。
酒庄在 1633 建立,当时的主人是当地贵族 Sossiondo, 不知道是相近还是误传,后来就变了做今天的 Sociando. 直到1831年,酒庄当时的主人 Marie-Elisabeth Alaret 嫁了给一位海军Achille Mallet,自此就把姓氏加上,成为 Sociando Mallet。近年在 1969 年被 Jean Gautreau 接下,当时酒庄状况很差,只剩下 5 公顷葡萄园,建筑也失修,但 Jean 却独具慧眼,看中这里的优越的风土条件,而确实这里的高比例砾土能比一般 Haut Medoc 种植更高比例的 Cabernet Sauvignon。 如今酒庄已发展到八十多公顷,酒庄现由女儿 Sylvie 接手。事实上葡萄园亦好接近 Saint Estephe 的二级庄 Montrose,所以亦经常被饮家饮到带 Saint Estephe 产区的气息,Robert Parker 甚至称其为平民版 Latour 或平民版 Montrose!并称其为最耐陈的波尔多之一。
Sociando Mallet 亦是波尔多中注重风土的表表者,除了有高质土壤外,是极少数从不除叶也不做绿色采收的酒庄!认为多余的叶可以帮助光合作用产生更多糖分,也可帮葡萄遮阴,更认为产量应该由自然去决定,不采收多余的葡萄去刻意令余下葡萄更集中,是真正表现波尔多风土的代表之一!甚至有爱好者认为这就是 Sociando Mallet 特别风味的成因!
最有话题的莫过于在1982年欧洲酒评团(The Grand Jury Europeen)评比中,打败百款波尔多红酒,仅输给Chateau Pichon Lalande拿下亚军宝座!让所有一级酒庄皆望其项背;在1999年的品饮会中,1996年份获得欧洲酒评团的高度青睐,成为当晚132款与会红酒之冠; 2000、 2001年份则在法国唯一葡萄酒杂诘《Revue du Vin de France》盛大举办的比较品饮会(comparative tatings)中荣获最高的评价。更值得一提的是日本漫画《神之水滴》第7期,以她的1985大胜了Lafite的1985。因此它有‘穷人版酒王’Chateau Latour之称。
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Château Sociando-Mallet produces full-bodied wines with a deep, dark colour. Their complex bouquet is usually dominated by black fruit aromas with a touch of minerality and well-integrated, elegant oak. Often somewhat "virile" when young, the wines gain in balance and complexity with age. They are fresh, straightforward, and have a wonderful length.
Château Sociando-Mallet has always been a wine with great ageing potential. A wine to be enjoyed even after 30 years in great vintages.
The Demoiselle de Sociando-Mallet is produced from the younger vines of the property and the plots whose soil is more favourable to the production of very good Merlot. This grape variety represents half of the final blend of this wine. The vines for our Demoiselle cover around twenty hectares and receive the same care and are tended in the same way as the rest of the vineyard throughout the year.
The "demoiselle" is a sort of dragonfly found in the Médoc. Like the dragonfly, this wine of the same name is light and elegant.
The ageing of our Demoiselle de Sociando-Mallet is carried out mainly in vats, to preserve the freshness and fruitiness of the Merlot. This easy-drinking wine can be enjoyed young. It is an ideal match for grilled meat and fish or shellfish dishes.
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