2000 | Chteau Fombrauge | Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Red Wine: 2000 | Chteau Fombrauge | Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Fully mature, this open, round, supple textured wine is filled with sweet, ripe, jammy berries, earth, cocoa, fennel, espresso, smoke and black cherries.

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Producer: Chteau Fombrauge

Vintage: 2000

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

Fully mature, this open, round, supple textured wine is filled with sweet, ripe, jammy berries, earth, cocoa, fennel, espresso, smoke and black cherries.

Producer Information

Chteau Fombrauge is a Saint-milion Grand Cru property. It is the largest Grand Cru Class property in the appellation, with a 59-hectare (143-acre) vineyard, and like many others in the region, makes a Merlot-dominant wine. Fombrauge, which lies four kilometers (2.4 miles) due east of Saint-Emilion town, has existed as a property since the 15th Century, with the first vines on the estate documented in 1613. The name of the chteau derives from Fons Brogiera, a spring surrounded by an area of heather. It has had numerous owners over the years and, in 1999, the estate was acquired by Bordeaux-based wine businessman Bernard Magrez. It sits within a large number of Magrez properties including Pape Clment and La Tour Carnet. Famed enologist Michel Rolland acts as consultant to the estate. The Fombrauge vineyard has diverse soils ranging from chalky clay on limestone to iron-rich deposits and molasse soils. Fombrauge also has a range of different exposures, giving a complexity of terroir which is unusual for the appellation. The majority of the vineyard (almost 90 percent) is planted to Merlot, with Cabernet Franc around eight percent and Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon making up the remainder.