Tasted at the Cru Bourgeois annual tasting, the 2015 Maucamps has a well-defined and quite detailed bouquet with blackberry, raspberry and tobacco scents, gaining moderate intensity in the glass with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, fresh and unashamedly old school with a taut, spicy finish that lingers nicely in the glass. Excellent—this is a strong follow-up to the equally wonderful 2014. Tasted September 2017.

The 2014 Maucamps has a very well defined bouquet, beautiful oak integrated that allows the brambly black fruit to flourish. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent tannin, well judged acidity, harmonious and silky-smooth. This is a seductive, very well crafted Haut-Médoc that will give a lot of pleasure over the next decade. Tasted September 2016.

A very good 2012 cru bourgeois, the Chateau Maucamps has a deep ruby/plum color, sweet crème de cassis and black cherry fruit, some earth, forest notes and underbrush. It is medium-bodied, plump and juicy, which is exactly what most consumers are looking for at this level in Bordeaux. Drink it over the next 5-6 years.