2018 Vieux Maillet
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The 2018 Vieux Maillet has a well-defined bouquet, perhaps a little more refined than I have found recent vintages. Black cherries commingle with blueberry, and there’s just a touch of pencil lead in the background courtesy of the 15% Cabernet Franc/Sauvignon. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and quite high-toned, but it retains balance, leading into a sapid, marine-influenced finish. Give this a couple of years in bottle because there is still a touch of bitterness on the aftertaste. Tasted twice with consistent notes.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
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Beautiful black cherry and blueberry fruits as well as spice, cedary pencil, violets, and chocolaty earth emerge from the 2018 Château Vieux Maillet. Medium to full-bodied, it has a rounded, elegant texture, beautiful tannins, and a great finish. Another gorgeous, outstanding Pomerol in 2018, it has some up-front appeal yet will evolve for 15+ years.
The 2018 Vieux Maillet is a potent, deep Pomerol endowed with notable textural richness. Inky dark fruit, graphite, lavender, mint, chocolate, new leather and spice lend striking depth. This is a decidedly extroverted wine. My sense is that it is still recovering from bottling, as there is some tightness that needs to resolve. Vieux Maillet is a pretty hedonistic wine, but it has plenty of energy, too.