2012 Maucaillou
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Robert Parker
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Maucaillou’s 2012 Moulis is a strong effort in the vintage. Deep ruby/purple, with notes of cassis and other black fruits, it is medium-bodied, with good, soft, ripe tannins and a lush finish. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. A sleeper of the vintage.
Bright dark crimson. Pure, zesty dark fruit. Not a lot of flesh in the middle but enough to fill the firm but fine-boned tannic structure. Juicy and fresh on the finish. (JH)
Fragrant, fresh fruit on the nose. A hint of liquorice. Again, the fruit seems submerged in drying oak. Very painful on the palate at the moment. Not enough fruit concentration in the middle. (JR)
About the producer

Owned by the négociant Dourthe, this Moulis property has 87 hectares of vines today (with 67 added by Philippe Dourthe since 1967). Managed and made by an expert team, the quality here is hardly surprising.