Chateau Cap De Faugères (Ch. Faugères) 2018
- Producer Chateau Faugeres
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Blend
10% Cabernet Franc
5% Cabernet Sauvignon
85% Merlot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Cotes de Castillon
- UPC 0 15643 67123 4
James Suckling
91pt
Decanter
92pt
Jeb Dunnuck
91pt
Wine Advocate
89-91pt
Ageing
12 months; 40% in one wine and two wine barrels.
Harvest
Double guyot pruning cultivation of soil and grass cover debudding and thinning by hand, harvesting using sorting
tables. Environmental integrity: natural sustainable viticulture integrated farming ISO 14001 environmental
certification awarded in 2009.
Tasting notes
A fresh and fruity nose with elegant red fruits notes On the palate we find the
Merlot freshness and gourmandise, and well integrated tannins
Vinification
Vatting by gravity flow, cold prefermentary maceration 30 temperature controlled stainless steel conical vats and
6 wooden vats slow vatting over a period of 30 days.
