Chateau Fonreaud 2015
- Producer
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Blend
52% Cabernet Sauvignon
44% Merlot
4% Petit Verdot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Listrac-Medoc
- UPC 3760138991515
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Item# 10184-15
Wine Enthusiast
91pt
Wine Advocate
92pt
Ageing
30% new Oak barrels.
Harvest
The months of May, June and July were among the hottest and driest on record, what favorized purity of the
aromas. The flower took place very quickly on the beginning of June. Then, the ripening has been uniform
from early August. Second half of August was a bit cooler and a few rains allowed the vines to get the energy
they needed. In September, the grapes enjoyed sunny days and cool nights to finish ripening. The harvest of
Merlot began on September 25th for the earliest plants and lasted until September 28th. The homogeneity of
maturity was remarkable. Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested between the 5th and the 8th of October, then Petit Verdot
was picked up between the 7th and the 8th of October.
Tasting notes
"... the 2015 Fonreaud offers impressive, engaging blackberry and briary scents on the nose, well defined
and focused with just a slight reduction that works in its favor. The palate is medium-bodied with firm
but fine tannin, plenty of spice-tinged black fruit mixed with graphite and cedar toward the structured
finish. I admire the length of this Listrac and I suspect it will give many years of pleasure. Sign me up!
Tasted September 2017." - Tasting by Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate
Vinification
After a light crushing and de-stemming of the grapes, the harvest is directed to small temperature-controlled
vats that allow full control of fermentations, thus respecting the expression, richness and nuances of each plot.
Alcoholic fermentations were carried out by promoting the extraction of the fruit. The wines are very colorful,
have a good structure with soft tannins foreshadowing.
