2010 | Chateau Faugeres | Saint-Emilion (Half Bottle)

Description

Red Wine: 2010 | Chateau Faugeres | Saint-Emilion (Half Bottle)

A blend composed of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a medium-bodied wine, filled with creamy notes of plums, vanilla, cocoa and espresso.

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Producer: Chateau Faugeres

Ratings: WA | 92JS | 95

Vintage: 2010

Size: 375ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

A blend composed of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a medium-bodied wine, filled with creamy notes of plums, vanilla, cocoa and espresso.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The estate’s most abundant cuvee of about 5,000+ cases is the 2010 Faugeres, a blend of 85% Merlot with the rest mostly Cabernet Franc and just a small quantity of Cabernet Sauvignon, all bottled unfined and unfiltered. It is another St.-Emilion hitting 15% natural alcohol. Tiny yields of 22 hectoliters per hectare and a late harvest that went into the third week of October have resulted in a stunningly concentrated wine with notes of crushed rock, blue and dark red/black fruits, some camphor, incense and, for lack of a better , a smell of acacia flowers. A sexy, opulent and full-bodied wine that seems to have more in common with the 2009s than most 2010s, this wine can be drunk out of the gate, but will certainly hit its stride in 3-4 years and last for up to 15.

• James Suckling: Very fruity and rich wine with dried strawberries and blackberries. Full body, with an opulent palate of ripe fruit and toasted oak. Yet racy and refined with a beautiful balance. It’s fresh and racy.

Producer Information

Château Faugères is a Bordeaux estate that attained Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé status in 2012. The estate’s Saint-Émilion Grand Cru wine is a blend of typically 85 percent Merlot, 10 percent Cabernet Franc and 5 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and is produced with the help of consultant oenologist Michel Rolland. The Esquissaud family became the proprietors of both Châteaux Faugères and Péby Faugères in 1823. Up until the late 1980s, the estate only sold its wines to a single local merchant. This all changed in 1987 when Château Faugères was inherited by Pierre-Bernard Guisez who set out to create wines worthy of Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé status. In 2005, the estate was purchased by luxury goods moghul Silvio Denz (owner of several French wineries including Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey in Sauternes, as well as Montepeloso in Tuscany and Clos d’Agon in Spain). Château Faugères consists of 37 hectares (91 acres) of cultivated vineyard planted to 85 percent Merlot, 10 percent Cabernet Franc and 5 percent Cabernet Sauvignon. The vines sit atop a limestone plateau, on south- to southeast-facing slopes farmed using natural sustainable viticultural practices. The estate’s Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is sourced from vines averaging 35 years old. Alongside its grand vin, Château Faugères makes a second wine – Haut Faugères – from younger vines. This second wine was first released in 2004 and now 40,000 bottles are produced annually (alongside around 65,000 bottles of the “grand vin”, or main label)..