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Professional Reviews

• Wine Enthusiast

  93-95

  This is a perfumed wine, likely thanks to a dollop (7%) of Cabernet Franc. It has ripe fruit characters, pleasant richness and a firm structure. (RV)

  (04/2017)

• James Suckling

  94

  There’s a very rich and powerful core of red-plum and mulberry aromas and flavors here, delivering an assertive and very shimmery, polished palate. Great tannin texture. Long and regal. Every bit as good as the 2015, but more lively in 2016.

  (02/2019)

• Vinous

  94

  The 2016 Fombrauge has come together beautifully during its aging and is now a much more refined wine than it was from barrel. Sweet red berry fruit, mocha, espresso, mint and floral notes all grace this exquisite, mid-weight Saint-Émilion. The 2016 is simply impeccable, not to mention incredibly delicious. There is not much more to it than that. (AG)

  (01/2019)

• Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  92

  Medium garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Fombrauge sings of lively kirsch, baked black cherries and warm plums notes plus touches of potpourri, cigar box and garrigue. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the mouth with decadent red and black fruit preserves, structured by velvety tannins and finishing with fantastic length. (LPB)

  (11/2018)

• Jeb Dunnuck

  91

  Leafy herbs, black fruits, and damp earth notes all emerge from the 2016 Château Fombrauge, which is 89% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Malbec aged 18 months in 45% new oak. Falling under the Bernard Magrez umbrella, it's a totally charming, forward, medium to full-bodied 2016 that has notable complexity, good (not great) mid-palate depth, no hard edges, and loads of character. Drink it over the coming 10-15 years or so.

  (02/2019)

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Staff Reviews

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  By: Steve Bearden

  10/8/2020

  K&L Staff Member

  This consistent property run by the owner of Chateau Pape-Clement seems to get more elegant and sophisticated with each vintage. This opens with aromas of violets, toast, ripe black cherries and a trace of licorice. The middle is filled with cherry and plum flavors that pick up a touch of spice as they linger on the long, limestone tinged finish.
  

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