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Château Fonbadet

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  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
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James Suckling
91 - 92

"A tight and juicy red with blackberry and black cherry character.

Medium bodied tannic and focused."

Beckustator
93-95
Pourpre violacé. Bouquet séduisant et agréable avec des notes de graphite, chocolat noir et réglisse. À l’aération je relève égale-ment des feuilles de thé, de la cannelle et des griottes. En bouche, l’attaque est fruitée et vive. Agréable fraîcheur. Le corps a un bon caractère aromatique avec des fruits confits frais et des cerises. Les tannins se révèlent lentement et sont en symbiose avec la structure. Un vin qui a du potentiel. Bravo.
2023-2038 Yves Beck
Bettane + Dessauve
92-93
Généreux, harmonieux, précis, ici encore un progrès évident de vinification et d’élevage, rendant justice à un superbe terroir. Ne souffre que de la comparaison avec sa sélection parcellaire, le château-pauillac.
Michel Bettane
James Suckling
91-92
A silky and polished Pauillac with currant, blueberry and firm tannins. Full. the vintage.
James Suckling
Wine Enthusiast
92
Strong wood flavors that are surpressing the fruit at this stage. This seems very Cabernet heavy, with its black currant fruit and firm structure.
Roger Voss
Pers Wijn
***(*)
Smakelijk glas, pruimen en kersen, laurier, tabak, stevigheid, krentjes, tannine.
Ronald de Groot
Tasted
90
Dark purple red with violet hue and black core. Expressive nose, black-currants, blackberries, dark chocolate, toasted oak, in the background gingerbread spices.
Markus Del Monego
The wine cellar insider
86-88
Crisp red fruits, medium-bodied with a good amount of rustic tannins and cassis in the finish.
Jeff Leve
Anthocyanes
15.5
Densité des pauillac, générosité de fruits et trame tanique veloutée à souhait.
Jancis Robinson
16.5

Particularly dark. Beguiling ripeness on the nose. Pretty evolved but very pretty and charming. Far from a typical long-lived Pauillac, but it should give pleasure. And under all that fruit there is quite a bit of tannin!
Drink 2020-2029

Le Point
14.5
Fermé, bouche veloutée, pas trop extrait, du fond.
Jacques Dupont
The wine patriot
91
Antoon Laurent
James Suckling
93
The hot-stone and cassis character is prevalent in this young red. Full body, firm and silky tannins and a flavorful finish. A wet-stone undertone to the wine. Very well done for the vintage. Drink in 2022.
Wine Spectator
90
Features lovely typicity with a sleek iron edge leading the way, followed by a mix of gently macerated red and black currant fruit, bay leaf and wam stone notes. Shows and old-school side of the fleshy finish, where the iron element keeps playing out. Best from 2018 through 2024.
90

Château Pauillac

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Data sheet Press notes
The wine patriot
93
Antoon Laurent
The Wine Advocate
90 - 92

Not to be confused with the third wine of a famous First Growth, the 2015 Château Pauillac is actually a cuvée from the holdings of Château Fonbadet, designed to be a special wine under the consultancy of Michel Rolland. Coming in a suitably heavier bottle than Fonbadet, it has a ripe blackberry, tobacco and oyster shell, almost estuarine bouquet that is well defined and full of character. The palate is medium-bodied with a saltiness on the entry, very structured and masculine, tobacco and allspice decorating the voluminous finish. It is certainly an impressive wine and superior to Fonbadet, although more finesse by the time it is in bottle would not go amiss.

Neal Martin
James Suckling
92 - 93

There’s a blueberry and dark berry quality with refined tannins and beautiful fruit. Full-bodied, tight and sexy. An incredible new wine from Pauillac near Pontet-Canet and Mouton.

Avril 2016
Bettane + Dessauve
18/20 et plus

Sélection parcellaire de Fonbadet, avec une texture, une harmonie, et une suite en bouche somptueuses.

Avril 2016
Wine Enthusiast
93 - 95
This solid wine is endowed with great fruit. Juicy and perfumed, its black currant flavors are lifted into the realm of deliciousness by crisp, lively acidity. At the same time, the tannins suggest long term potential for this fine wine.
Roger Voss
The wine cellar insider
91

The wine is dark, fat, ripe, sweet, fleshy and low in acid, especially for this vintage

Jean-Marc Quarin
92

Le meilleur jamais fait ! Il s’agit de 4200 bouteilles provenant d’une parcelle de Fonbadet.
Couleur sombre et intense, nez au fruité mûr, fin et subtil. Bouche ample, savoureuse, juteuse et noble avec beaucoup d’éclat dans la saveur. Longue finale séveuse.
Beau !

Vinous
90 - 93

The 2016 Château Pauillac is one of the hidden jewels of the year. Ripe, juicy and voluptuous, it possesses striking depth and lushness. Ripe red cherry, plum, lavender, spice and new leather are all pushed forward. Sexy and racy to the core, the 2016 is flat-out gorgeous. Above all else, it is a wine of pure and total pleasure. I loved it.

James Suckling
92 - 93
A dense ands velvety red with blueberries, chocolate and walnuts. Full-boddied, round and juicy. Ripe tannins.
James Suckling
93 - 94

"A tight and very focused wine from here that is diales in with dark fruit and pretty tannins. 

Medium body and a fresh finish.

Showing its real potential."

06 avril 2018 - James Suckling
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