Chateau Malartic Lagraviere Rouge 2024

From one of my favorite estates in the Graves, the 2024 Château Malartic-Lagravière is a blend of 56% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Boasting beautiful aromatics of black raspberries, cassis, spicy wood, and tobacco, it's medium-bodied and beautifully textured on the palate, with impressive mid-palate depth, a round, supple mouthfeel, and outstanding length.

• Reviewer Name: Jeb Dunnuck

The 2024 Malartic Lagravière has quite a forward nose with blackberry and raspberry fruit. The aromatics lack the delineation and complexity of the 2022, but they do cohere nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, linear and nicely focused with quite firm tannins, a little more grip than its peers and a saline/black olive tapenade-tinged finish. Give it a couple of years in bottle.

• Drinking Window: 2028 - 2047
• Reviewer Name: Neal Martin

The 2024 Malartic-Lagravière is packed with dark cherry, cedar, new leather, rose petal, incense and mocha. Deep and voluptuous, with good complexity, the Malartic-Lagravière is terrific for the year. There are some rough edges, but élevage should take care of that. Tasted two time.

• Drinking Window: 2034 - 2054
• Reviewer Name: Antonio Galloni

A château that has been riding a wave of success in recent years, producing excellent consistency, and here they deliver a concentrated shot of pureed damson fruit, a lovely addition in a vintage where things tend to be on the slim side. Juicy, textured, freshly cut herbs and gunsmoke layered through black fruits. Doesn't entirely escape the challenges of the year and is a little short on the finish but one of the successes of the year. Bonnie family owners here.

• Reviewer Name: Jane Anson