CHATEAU MANGOT Grand Cru Classe Saint-Emilion 2023 Bottle BIO

Description

The 2023 Château Mangot is an impressive wine that showcases the estate's continuous improvement and dedication to quality. This vintage, a blend of 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, received commendable ratings, including 92-94 points from The Wine Advocate for its aromatic profile of blackberries, mulberries, and hints of licorice and violets. James Suckling awarded it 92-93 points, noting its dense, full-bodied character with blue fruit and a hazelnut undertone, and characterized it as a structured young wine. Jancis Anson rated it 93 points and also noted its appeal. Vinous highlighted its extroverted nature, with aromas of cherry, plum, spice, and menthol, making it a big, delightful wine that combines richness with textural creaminess. With its impressive mid-palate density and freshness, it promises to be a fantastic value in contemporary Bordeaux.

*****

THE WINE ADVOCATE (92-94)
Reviewed by: William Kelley
Another beautiful wine from this perpetually improving property, the 2023 Château Mangot delivers aromas of blackberries and mulberries mingled with hints of licorice, pencil shavings, bay leaf and violets. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with a seamless, complete profile and impressive mid-palate density, it's a blend of 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon with élevage combining, as usual, new oak, used barriques, foudre and amphorae.

This dynamic 37-hectare estate is located in Saint Étienne de Lisse on clay-limestone soils. It's a single block, ranging from the plateau above the château to the plateau below, with slopes and terraces in between. Farming is organic, with seeded cover crops retained year-round, and vinification is parcel by parcel to produce the best components to inform the optimal assemblage. It's planted with some 75% Merlot, but that's tending to decline at the expense of Cabernet Franc, little by little, as blocks are replanted, and élevage unites traditional barriques with less-oxidative vessels such as amphorae, of which Mangot was a pioneer. The style emphasizes precision and purity of fruit without any obtrusive winemaking signatures. On a qualitative roll, Mangot is one of the best values in contemporary Bordeaux, and the 2023 vintage is another strong effort. The Todeschini family reacted to conditions with rigorous sorting and by shortening the duration of pre-fermentation macerations and alcoholic fermentation, working the ferments even less than usual.

JAMES SUCKLING 92-93 Points
12 Apr, 2024 – The density of fruit grabs your attention, showing fullness and richness with blue fruit and a hazelnut undertone. Chewy at the end of the polished and solid palate. Structured young wine.

JANE ANSON 93 points

VINOUS 89-91 points
The 2023 Mangot is a heady, extroverted wine. Soaring Cabernet aromatics meld into a core of red cherry, plum, blood orange, spice, menthol and cinnamon. The 2023 offers an attractive combination of aromatic presence and textural creaminess. It's a big wine, to be sure. Tasted two times. - Antonio Galloni