Chateau Malescot Saint-Exupery, Margaux, 2009 071425OFFER built around intensely aromatic juniper

built around intensely aromatic juniper berries sourced directly from the surrounding mountains

dark Devon slate veined with quartz

and Bricco Voghera

With age it starts to resemble mature red Burgundy from Vosne or Nuits-Saint-Georges more than anything you'd expect from central Italy

Chateau Malescot Saint-Exupery, Margaux, 2009 071425OFFER built around intensely aromatic juniperMalescot Saint Exupry has been in the Zuger family since 1955, and Jean Luc Zuger has spent decades sharpening this Third Growth Margaux into one of the appellation's most reliable overperformers. The 28 hectares of vines sit on deep gravel soils that share a border with Chteau Margaux itself, and the wine is aged in a high proportion of new French oak, giving it the perfume and density Malescot is known for. 2009 is one of the great Bordeaux vintages