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Chateau Fonbel - Vintages Available on Request - Prices on Application

Chateau Fonbel - Vintages Available on Request - Prices on Application

Château de Fonbel 2006

 

Château de Fonbel is located in the Saint Emilion wine appellation and covers 16 hectares (39 acres) of vineyard. It is owned by Alain Vautier, proprietor of the celebrated Ch. Ausone and the highly regarded Ch. Moulin St. Georges.

Four grape varieties are grown for Château de Fonbel wine: Merlot (70%) dominates, supplemented by Cabernet Sauvignon(20%), Petit Verdot (7%) and Carmenere (3%). The wines are aged in 30% new oak barrels.

This elegant St.-Emilion offers up scents of lead pencil shavings intermixed with blueberries, black currants, and boysenberries, and plenty of minerality. This 2006 should drink nicely for 10-12 years. Good value.