Chateau Sociando-Mallet 2021

Wine Advocate Parker:

Offering up aromas of dark berries, licorice, cigar wrapper and loamy soil, the 2021 Sociando-Mallet is medium to full-bodied, bright and concentrated, with an impressively layered core of fruit, tangy acids and a long, saline finish. The blend is 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, with late-harvested Cabernet Sauvignon, picked through to October 14, providing the heart of the wine.

James Suckling:

A solid red as always, with a medium body. Blackcurrants, dark earth, black mushrooms and some bark. Chewy yet polished tannins.

Vinous:

The 2021 Sociando Mallet is a powerful, classical austere Haut-Médoc that is going to need a number of years to unwind. There's good depth and plenty of intensity, but the 2021 is in no mood to show its cards today. A dark, beguiling beauty, Sociando will have a lot to say at some point.