Pessac-Léognan · Graves classified growth, red and white
Château Malartic-Lagravière: vintages available, prices and pairings
The grand vin and its second wine, La Réserve de Malartic, vintage by vintage, with the format, the guide price and what to expect of it today: to drink, or to keep. Tick what interests you, and the quote goes out with your selection.
Vintages on the price list
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Two wines, one estate
Same estate, same team, two uses.
Château Malartic-Lagravière
The red grand vin. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, a little Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Ready at around eight years, it lasts about twenty.
La Réserve de Malartic
The second wine, ready at around three years, at half the price: a Pessac-Léognan for a big table.
At Léognan, like Domaine de Chevalier and Larrivet Haut-Brion. The name comes from the Comte de Malartic, a naval officer and governor of Mauritius at the end of the 18th century. The Bonnie family, of Belgian origin, bought the estate in 1997 and renovated it entirely. It is a Graves classified growth for both red and white. The appellation's other châteaux are on the Pessac-Léognan wines page.
The vineyard covers 73 hectares on a gravel ridge at Léognan, 66 of them for red, between pine forest and a stream. The soil is permeable and the vines root deeply. Ploughing is kept light, some plots by horse. Among the vintages in the table, the château describes 2011 as a dry spring with heat until mid-July, the reds picked from 13 to 27 September. 2015: a dry, sunny year until August, 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Petit Verdot. 2017: the late-April frost spared the vines and the harvest was done in a fortnight.
What to serve it with
- Château Malartic-Lagravière: lamb (what wine with lamb), fillet of beef (what wine with beef).
- La Réserve de Malartic: roast poultry (what wine with poultry), duck breast (what wine with duck).
- With cheese: firm pressed cheeses (what wine with cheese).
Which vintage for which occasion
For a wedding, the Réserve on the tables, the grand vin at the top table (which Bordeaux for a wedding). For a birthday, the birth year, if the table has it (birth-year vintage).
Is Malartic-Lagravière a classified growth?
Yes, a Graves classified growth for red and white (1953 classification, revised in 1959). La Réserve de Malartic, its second wine, is not classified.
What is the difference between Malartic-Lagravière and La Réserve?
Same estate, same cellars. The grand vin comes from the best plots and keeps for about twenty years; the Réserve is drunk sooner and costs about half as much.
When should you drink a Malartic-Lagravière?
Allow eight years before opening it and twenty-two years of good form, a little more in a great year, a little less in a weak year or in half-bottles; for the Réserve, three to ten years. The table applies this rule to each line; it is not a tasting note, and a badly stored bottle ages faster.
Are the prices shown the ones in the quote?
They are the guide prices from the price list, incl. VAT, per bottle of the format, delivery excluded. The quote confirms the price, the availability of each vintage and the shipping; the delivery rates give the lead times. For a vintage not in the table, the quote request is still open.