Winemaker Notes
Chateau Faizeau 2012 has a ruby color with purple tints. The nose,
fruity, spicy and complex, offers plum jam scents with a vanilla note. On the palate, the wine is full and well balanced. The attack is persistent and delivers blackberry and chocolate aromas.
Blend: 94% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A sure sleeper of the vintage, the white limestone soils of this small estate along with its use of 100% Merlot used in the cuvee has produced a rich, fleshy, full-bodied 2012 that is dense and pure, with loads of blackberry and black cherry fruit, some licorice, earth and spice. This is a stunner and well-worth consumers’ attention. Drink it over the next 10-12 years.
In most of France, wines are named by their place of origin and not by the type of grape (with the exception of Alsace). Just like a red Burgundy is by law, always made of Pinot noir, a red Bordeaux is a blended wine composed mainly of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Depending on the laws of the village from which the grapes come, the conditions of the vintage and decisions of the winemaker, the blend can be further supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and in rare cases, Carmenere. So popular and repeated has this mix of grape varieties become worldwide, that the term, Bordeaux Blend, refers to a wine blended in this style, regardless of origin.
LGC162580_2012 Item# 162580