2019 Fonroque
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Seriously good, the 2019 Château Fonroque shows the elegance and classic style of the vintage while bringing plenty of fruit and opulence. Giving up lots of mulled currants, spiced black cherries, cedar pencil, and Asian spices, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, beautifully integrated oak, and a great finish. I'd be thrilled with bottles in the cellar.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
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The 2019 Fonroque has turned out nicely, offering up aromas of blackberries, minty cassis, licorice and spices. Full-bodied, ample and enveloping, with a fleshy core of fruit, powdery tannins and lively acids, it's a rich, generous, demonstrative wine that remains nicely balanced. Part of Fonroque's biodynamically farmed holdings are located on Saint-Émilion's limestone plateau, and the rest on the slopes, with more clay and colluvium.
The 2019 Fonroque has an even more exotic bouquet than I found in barrel and consequently loses definition and typicity. This is Bordeaux, not the Mediterranean. The palate is sweet and rich with plush tannins, candied orange peel, black cherries and cassis fruit, and slightly cloying on the finish. I was hoping for so much more.