2005 Château Fonplégade

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 91.0 points

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  5/9/2024 - FransS wrote: 95 Points

  I've tasted this wine alongside the '05 Prieuré-Lichine during several days, both are terrific good wines, but the Fonplégade is the winner. The Prieuré is more refined, more gentle and has a tad more fraicheur and has a caressing and long aftertaste, smooth red fruit in the bouquet, gentle vanilla and wood, a concentratrd midtaste with ripe citrus , no signs of age, simply lovely. The Fonplégade has more character, more concentrattion of fruit, a bit more vanilla and wood, a more density in the midtaste, and a very long and nearly exploding feeling in the mouth; classic, even a bit severe, maybe a bit rough, but at the same time perfect bitters and loads of ripe tannins. both are WOW-wines.

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  3/8/2024 - FransS wrote: 94 Points

  A terrific good wine, starting with high tones, red fruit and a whiff of vanilla, The citrus in the midtaste gives a super freshness and than comes the finish; a superb creamy impression, very smooth bitters and ripe tannins and a long caressing and very balanced aftertaste.

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  12/22/2023 - prism wrote: 90 Points

  Popped and poured, did not decant. Dark chocolate, not a lot of fruit: some bing cherry. Tannins nearly resolved. I don't see this getting better, but it paired nicely with chili on a cold December evening.

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  7/14/2022 - SacramentoCharlie wrote: 91 Points

  This bottle was at the back end of it’s drinking window with dark cherry, a bit of chocolate & plum, some leather and stewed fruit flavors. Tannins completely resolved and super smooth finish.

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  6/12/2022 - Brad T Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Stewed fruit on the nose initially, moderate bricking, and a disjointed (almost chalky) texture on opening. Better after an hour, and best with a few hours of air. Some nice tertiary notes on the middle, but not much of a finish. I view this is a "drink NOW" wine, but maybe this was an imperfect bottle.

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