Ch Maucaillou 1996

This is a Cru Bourgeois, the level below the Grand Cru Classe, but sometimes just as good in quality, only cheaper.

Maucaillou is a good priced quality wine that has shown good character the last 5 to ten years.

The best years keep well (96 was a good year, tasting notes from end 2007).

This 11 year old wine had a red colour with red to red brown rim and typical Medoc smell although discrete. It had a good length and body with soft integrated tannins.

This wine can be found at a reasonable price (15€) when bought young, but it needs at least 5 years to peak.

Maucaillou means mauvais cailloux/ bad stones which I guess is not representative.....

1996, More concentrated than the lean, angular 1995, but still pushing the tannin limit, this saturated ruby-colored wine possesses berry, cassis fruit, good spice, medium body, and ten years of ageability.

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