Château Malartic-Lagravière 2023

Return of a great Bordeaux classic, generous and elegant

The 2023 vintage is generous and very qualitative in both white and red. A great success for the estate, even if it required a great deal of attention and precision in the vineyard. Sanitary pressure this summer was high, but well under control.

A mild, rainy winter gave way to an almost tropical spring. The bunches came out nicely, and flowering was uniform at the end of May. The vines were doing well, and our green harvesting was well suited to regulating them, both on the leaves and on the bunches. Sanitary pressure was high from May to the end of July, with high hygrometry, but the Malartic vineyard remained healthy, with careful daily monitoring by our teams. In the end, it was the return of a true oceanic climate, with alternating heat and precipitation, leading to a very complete vine cycle and complete, homogeneous ripening.

Mild temperatures until the 3rd week of August were ideal for the whites. Harvested from August 28 to September 8, they are fabulously precise, fresh and chiselled.

The Merlot, harvested from September 12 onwards, showed real substance and freshness, while the Indian summer that set in at the end of September, with summer-like temperatures but cool nights, provided absolutely ideal conditions for perfecting the ripeness of our Cabernets, harvested until October 6.

The Malartic 2023s are already proving to be splendid, with beautiful substance, freshness and elegance. They offer remarkable balance, a velvety mouthfeel with great tannic finesse and beautiful density, which should make this vintage a new great classic.

Harvest date :

Merlot September 12 to 21
Cabernet-Sauvignon September 25 to October 5
Cabernet-Franc September 22
Petit-Verdot September 22