2008 Château Fonplegade

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Tasting notes
Score 93/100 · Jeb Dunnuck, Feb 2019

From a great terroir just east of Pavie, the 2008 Château Fonplegade is a blend of 91% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and the balance Cabernet Sauvignon. This deep ruby/plum-colored effort offers lots of blackcurrants, graphite, dried earth, and mineral notes in a rich, medium to full-bodied, rounded, beautifully textured package. It offers more pleasure than most in the vintage.

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93
93/100

Robert Parker

93
93/100

Robert Parker

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91 points
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
Score 91/100 · Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider, Sep 2018

15 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 15/20 · Drink 2016-2023, Jancis Robinson MW, Jan 2012

Dark crimson. Dark chocolate on the nose. Racy. Nervy. Quite luscious fruit but a bit uncomfortably sweet. (JR)

91 points
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Score 91/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, Jul 2011

Saturated medium ruby. Aromas of blackberry, kirsch , violet and dark chocolate, along with some tarry high tones. Densely packed and impressively concentrated, with fine-grained flavors of sweet dark cherry, currant and graphite. Offers surprising lift in the middle palate and finishes with broad, chocolatey tannins. This has the density to evolve in bottle for 10 or 15 years.

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Château Fonplegade
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Red

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