2022 Chateau Fombrauge, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, France (750ml)

WINEMAKER’S NOTES:

Blend: 71% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Franc

TASTING NOTES:

Smoky black cherries, savory herbs, crushed stone, and graphite nuances all emerge from the 2022 Chteau Fombrauge, a wonderfully textured, full-bodied Saint-Emilion that has ripe, integrated tannins and a great finish.

– Jeb Dunnuck, 94 pts.

Aromas of white pepper, iron, fresh blackberries and currants. Juicy and firm, with a medium to full body and firm, dusty tannins that tightened at the end. Very good length.

– James Suckling, 93 pts.

Lively and nice energy here, clean and sculpted, fresh and forward, this manages a nice combination of upfront, bright and quite vibrant fruit with clean, crisp and cool tannins that really work together. Still quite straight and lean, not exuberant but I like the style, it’s focussed and nicely weighted on the palate giving lots of flavour intensity but keeping lifted and appealing. A nice buy. Tannic but so pure and precise with bite. Easy. Harvest 12-29 September. Yield of 43hl/ha.
Barrel Sample: 93

– Decanter, 93 pts.