CHATEAU SOCIANDO MALLET 2003 Stock: 7637 Once again a fantastic effort from this Chateau that tends to produce wines that could easily beat most Second Growths in any given vintage. Whoever has recently tasted the 1990, 1995, 1996 or 2000 knows what we are talking about. This is a serious wine that is consistently one of the greatest values out of Bordeaux. This is an April 12th comment by Mr. Parker on Bulletin Board when someone made a derogatory comment about Sociando's label...."BTW.....I would buy 2003 Sociando-Mallet if it were in a milk carton....it is that good...." "Sociando-Mallet is the poster child for what cru bourgeois estates can achieve. This is a wine that is consistently of classified-growth quality and also one of the longest lived wines made in the Medoc. An exceptional vintage for Sociando-Mallet, 2003 has produced a spectacularly concentrated, inky blue/purple-colored wine with an extraordinary nose of blackberries, raspberries, some white flowers, and a hint of lead pencil shavings. The wine is powerful, extremely full-bodied, quite tannic, and seriously endowed. This is stunning wine that is rich, layered, and in need of 5-6 years of bottle-age. It should keep for 30+ years. It is certainly a riveting effort for the vintage and, as I wrote last year, probably a modern-day version of a hypothetical blend of a 1970 and a 1982." 94 points R. Parker n/a