Winery - Château Fonplégade
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
90-92 Barrel sample. Very jammy fruit, where the sweetness seems to dominate. It is accessible, the tannins open, opulent, with a ripe structure. It works though, as a rich wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Huge, bitter chocolate-flavored wine, spiced with cinnamon, sweet herbs and intense new wood flavors. It benefits from very ripe fruit, but with all its great richness, the wine manages to keep a sense of balance, the acidity cutting through the opulence to leave a fresh finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The second wine of Château Fonplégade is fresh and bright with good fruits, berry flavors and some richness. It has good poise; ready to drink in 2–3 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dark in color, with an initial note of extraction, and with weighty fruit under the toasty surface. The wine is still coming together, needing 5–6 years to turn into the full-bodied ripe-fruited wine that it potentially is.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The second wine of Château Fonplégade is dark, brooding, powerful. There are sweet chocolate and spice flavors that even manage to dominate the solid, ripe black berry fruits. Certainly rich, it misses the freshness of acidity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Great wafts of sweet fruit and ripe tannins show this wine well. Its fruit is balanced, the power behind it well judged alongside the fresh juicy black currant flavors and acidity. The texture is certainly dense, and the wine needs time. Give it 4–5 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The second wine of Fonplégade is soft, gentle, the tannins firmly surprised behind a velvet texture and ripe fruit. There is a jammy, sweet quality to the wine, and it is ready to drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
86—88 Barrel sample. In the lively, vibrant mode, which is so prevalent in 2006. Great blackcurrants, fresh fruit, maybe not much structure.
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