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2010 Château Fombrauge
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
Label borrowed from 2009
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Community Tasting Notes 84
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Ravi Deshpande Likes this wine: 92 points
March 3, 2024 - Have to agree with the_cat. Really hitting its stride and showing what a spectacular vintage 2010 was. Nice balance of fruit and acid, good tension and finish.
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The_Cat Likes this wine: 94 points
January 7, 2024 - Right at the beginning of its apogee lots of red and black fruit’s some nice roasted notes. Full bodied with soft tannins and excellent length
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Likes this wine: 91 points
November 2, 2023 - Still going strong. Good value for money.
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Purple Tooth wrote: 91 points
September 24, 2023 - More like a middle aged Rhône wine than anything else. Smoky Saint emilion impressions from big oak barrel charr adds the possibility of a modern right bank Bordeaux. Really nice acidity is keeping things from coming unhinged, so I’m pretty comfortable with keeping a few of these around, but gone is the hope for an elegant Bordeaux. More like a non expressive, good old wine. Drink
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WojteG Likes this wine: 95 points
May 11, 2023 - Ok, boys are girls! This is my 3rd wine from Fombrauge and I'm sure it won't be last
So far I had 2004(92 pts.) and 2005(97 pts.). Let's see what this juice can bring to my tongue and brain!
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An hour in decanter and... explosion of cassis in smell! And I mean it. I could sniff it forever! What else? Coffee ( strong Italian one), red cherry ( nice counterbalance!), black cherry and minerals. Enough! Taste? No surprise. Load of blackberry, black currant, coffee, black chocolate ( so delicious), vanilla, cedar
12 year old wine, but fresh and juicy. Pretty long finish with soft spice, tannins and acidity.
It's hard to find 'weakest link' in this juice.
I think it's the best QPR Grand Cru Classé in Saint Emillion
Year after year
I paid 37.56 € for this vintage.
JS - 92
WS - 92
RP - 91
CT - 91
Vinous - 90
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/22/2014 (link)(Ch Fombrauge St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
11/11/2013 (link) 91 points(Château Fombrauge) Very dark red violet color; ripe red currant, tart berry, baked raspberry nose; tasty, ripe, baked raspberry, ripe red currant, berry palate; needs 1-2 years; medium-plus finish (80% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon; 14.6% alcohol; 3.57 pH; .4 grams RS)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2010
- Type Red
- Producer Château Fombrauge
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
- UPC Codes 015643424342, 3251092812591, 3277036128757, 3344200002752, 3344200002769, 3344200002981, 3344200003162, 3344200003513, 3364420075114, 3448821309907, 3453521210033, 370027462540, 3760188373675, 400002580201, 639737593815, 856649002000
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 65 (3%)
- In Cellars 1,371 (54%)
- Consumed 1,096 (43%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
cheese- tome chabrin - hard cheese- very good; delice de bourgogne- soft cheese; very good, chicken casseroles, patrijs "au foie gras", pelswild, pluimwild, rood vleesWho Likes This Wine
94% Like It 65 votes
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- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
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