Chateau Sociando-Mallet, Haut Medoc, 2016 SO102125 Cristal2016 which was popular in the

which was popular in the 19th century before nearly vanishing

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Chateau Sociando-Mallet, Haut Medoc, 2016 SO102125 Cristal2016 which was popular in theThe most famous unclassified chteau in the Mdoc, from a vintage everyone wanted. Sociando Mallet sits on a gravel rise at Saint Seurin de Cadourne, just north of Saint Estephe, and its late owner Jean Gautreau spent fifty years making a point: he refused to submit the wine for classification, convinced it didn't need the label. Most Bordeaux drinkers quietly agree this is a Cabernet Sauvignon led claret built with the structure and seriousness of a