Chateau Fombrauge (Futures Pre-sale) 2010

Professional Ratings

• 92 Wine Spectator
  s has a really nice graphite frame that drives the core of fig, plum and boysenberry fruit authoritatively, with dense ganache, espresso and tar on the finish. The grip is keeping things tight now, but this should meld in the cellar, as the underlying feel is energetic. Best from 2015 through 2025.
• 91 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  This is one of the better, more supple Fombrauge wines to date, with a better integration of toasty oak than I have usually seen at this stage of this wine’s development. The grapes were picked late, with the harvest finishing on October 22, and that has given the wine wonderful ripeness and plenty of chocolaty espresso notes intermixed with incense, black cherries and black currants. The oak is subtle, and the wine full-bodied, attractive, deep, round and generous.
• 90 James Suckling
  Very friendly young red, with bright dark fruits and flowers on the nose and palate. Full and silky, with a long finish.
  Barrel Sample: 89-90 Points