2024 Vieux Chateau Mazerat
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From a mix of parcels (4 hectares) near the new Château, just beside Angelus, the 2024 Mazerat is 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc aged 16 months in 80% new oak, with malolactic in barrel. It's a smoking wine that has ripe black cherry and darker currant notes intermixed with graphite, scorched earth, and orange blossom-like nuances. It's medium to full-bodied, has a pure, layered, elegant mouthfeel, ultra-fine tannins, and a great finish. It plays in the more mid-weight style of the vintage yet has wonderful purity and precision.
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Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
Colin Hay, The Drinks Business
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High levels of extraction, making the oak fairly evident, less generous than in some years, but this delivers estate signature and deep berry fruits in a vintage where it wasn't easy to do. 80% new oak. Last year with a plot of vines planted in 1947, harvest 1 to 7 October. 3.78 pH, 32hl/hha,
Dark chocolate to the herbal black plums and cherries. Structured with dusty tannins. Medium- to full-bodied, this shows good length and depth of fruit.
The 2024 Mazerat was picked October 1 to 7 from vines planted in 1947, and was aged in 80% new oak for a planned 16 months. There is a touch of reduction on the nose, along with scents of black cherry and boysenberry. The palate is medium-bodied and fresh with powdery tannins, a keen line of acidity and gentle but insistent grip on the finish. This should age nicely in bottle.