Community Tasting Notes 67

• RichardsEric1 wrote: 87 points

  April 19, 2024 - A WTSO special. Very yummy!
  
  Color. Saturated red/purple
  
  Nose. Cherries, kirsch, cocoa, pencil lead, alcohol
  
  Palate. Backwards, cocoa, cherries, astringent. Needs time.
  
  If you're sitting on any of these bottles, wait 3-5 years.

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• skurtz Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 12, 2024 - Decanted for 2-3h before enjoying on a Fri night. Vanilla, oaky cedarwood on the nose. Bright red fruit, cherries, mineral, toothy tannins, great acidity in the finish. Soft and smooth. This is aging gracefully. Very solid showing from a good value right bank Bdx. Plenty of life left. Tonight with spicy cauliflower panang curry.

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• Collector1855 wrote: 92 points

  February 6, 2024 - St.Emilion Grand Cru Classée values tasting: The 2015 (88pt) did not convince me that much as it had some riper, torrefaction notes but the 2019 (92pt) was really elegant with spice box, red fruit, polished tannins.

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• Bimal Likes this wine: 91 points

  January 18, 2024 - Has great fruit, balance and structure but lacks complexity and is mono dimensional. Cannot fault it in any way but lacking in evoking sensory pleasures. Holds well, probably has significant life, but do not see it dramatically improving. Easily approachable more like a solid new world merlot.

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• stokeme wrote:

  October 28, 2023 - Light Cork & earth, not terroir type notes, more like dirt. No fruit, cork & earth on the palette, somewhat bitter + alcohol thru the finish. Tannic bite, not overly stiff. With air, the nose blows off some of the lesser attributes. In the mouth a suggestion of fruit, but still some cork on the finish. Just mostly dark & damp after an hour. Not much plum, cherry or berry.
  I sure hope day 2 is better, &/or bottle 2 is better. 1 of 2

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Château Fonplégade
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
• UPC Codes 088156023685, 3328155001992, 3448821608765, 3511061584370, 3550871210123, 3550871213186, 3550872331193, 3609050695548, 3700266221887, 639737631029

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• Pending Delivery 24 (1%)
• In Cellars 2,080 (73%)
• Consumed 753 (26%)

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