Community Tasting Notes 36

• empire80 Likes this wine: 90 points

  July 25, 2021 - A better bottle, doesn't shoot the lights out, just good mature claret, still some cedar notes, a bit meaty, not much fruit, but a nicely balanced package. 21 years and counting...

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• NickNYC Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 28, 2020 - very good showing. in line with prior comments from the community. a tad short to be great.

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• Collector1855 wrote: 93 points

  August 4, 2020 - During a Bdx2000 tasting. A nice surprise right at the start with this wine produced by the Chateau Ausone team. Expressive nose of dark fruit with caramel ans sweet spices. Lush palate, sexy. Not the longest finish but a pleasure to drink. Fully mature.

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• empire80 Likes this wine: 89 points

  January 23, 2020 - Mature cedar notes, slightly meaty, not much fruit. Enjoyable with food but drink soon.

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• jadedw11 Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 23, 2020 - Decanted for about 1 hour. Strong hit of blackcurrant at start, decent though not exceptional length. Started to fade after a couple of hours.
  Overall very enjoyable/ accessible, with robust fruits and little sign of age in either colour or taste, but is clearly at peak maturity so will be drinking up to enjoy it while it's still in this state. (Bottle was from a case bought around 2002 which has sat in the same cellar ever since)

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2000
• Type Red
• Producer Château de Fonbel
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru

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• In Cellars 317 (51%)
• Consumed 300 (49%)

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