Château Sociando-Mallet is an unclassed Bordeaux wine from the appellation Haut-Médoc. A Bordeaux wine is any Wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. Appellation d’origine contrôlée ( AOC) which translates as "controlled term of origin" is the French certification granted to certain French Haut-Médoc is an ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC for Wine in the Bordeaux wine region of southwestern France, on the Left Bank of The winery is located on the Left Bank of France’s Bordeaux wine regions, in the commune of Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne north of Saint-Estèphe. A winery is a building or property that produces Wine, or a business involved in the production of wine such as a wine company. The wine regions of Bordeaux are the area around the city of Bordeaux within the Gironde department of Aquitaine. Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. Saint-Estèphe is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. Despite its estimation as a producer of high quality wine, it was neither ranked in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 nor is it listed among Médoc's Cru Bourgeois. For the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification system for France 's best Bordeaux wines which were to be on The Médoc ( Occitan: Medoc) is a region of France, well-known as a Wine growing region located in the département of The Cru Bourgeois classification lists some of the high quality Wines from the Left Bank Bordeaux wine regions that were not included in the 1855 Classification
The winery also produces a second wine named La Demoiselle de Mallet. Second wine (or second label; in French Second vin) is a term commonly associated with Bordeaux wine to refer to a second label wine made from
History
Situated on what was in 1633 the residence of a Basque nobleman named Sièvre Sociando, the first doccumentation of the estate mentions its nobles terres. [1][2] After its acquisition around 1850 by Madame Mallet, it was recorded in the 1883 edition of Cocks & Féret along with Château Verdignan as the leading cru of Saint-Seurin. Cocks & Féret or simply Féret, is the colloquial name of a Bordeaux wine directory originally created by Charles Cocks and Michel-Édouard [1]
Sociando-Mallet was a forgotten and derelict property of vastly reduced land by the time it was bought by Jean Gautreau, a négociant from Lesparre, in 1969. [1][2] The estate has since seen considerable expansion and modernisation, and enjoys high prices and a good reputation in today's wine market. [1][2]
Production
The vineyard area extends 50 hectares, with the grape varieties of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red Wine grape varieties. Merlot ('MERL-oh' in British English mer-LOH in American English and standard French is a red Wine Grape that is used as both a blending grape and for Cabernet Franc is one of the major varieties of red Wine Grape in Bordeaux An average of 20,000 cases of the Grand vin are produced per year. [2]
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