Chateau De Fonbel Vintage 2013

Chateau De Fonbel Vintage 2013Chteau de Fonbel is a Saint milion Grand Cru red wine made mainly from Merlot which accounts for 70 percent of the vineyard. It is owned by Alain Vauthier from Chateau Ausone. The wine also includes some Cabernet Sauvignon (20 percent of plantings) and Petit Verdot(7 percent), and also a small amount (3 percent of vines) of Carmenere. The latter has begun to gain a toehold in Bordeaux after largely disappearing in the 20th Century. 2013 was not the

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Château de Fonbel is a Saint Émilion Grand Cru red wine made mainly from Merlot which accounts for 70 percent of the vineyard

This was the first wine of the night

A lovely vintage that can still give much pleasure

fruit and black tea

partly resolved tannin

The wine was awesome

The 2013 vintage had some problems with the weather

the Merlots were dark

Started in 1982 by the late Denis Dubourdieu and his wife Florence

The estate has a history dating back to the mid-17th Century

Venison and rich vegetarian dishes