Château Fonplégade
2020 Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC, Grand Cru Classé
"Beautiful aromatics, vibrant, full of clarity and bright fruit delivery. Plum, blueberry, bursting with juicy life. Keeps delivering on the palate also, sprightly and vibrant, and soaked in limestone, wet stone personality. Has good depth of flavour, with a kick on the finish. Will age well, this is great stuff, a brilliant example of St-Emilion limestone. A buy!" 95 pts, Decanter
Region: Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux
Appellation: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC
Varietal/Blend: 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
ABV: 14.5%
Vineyard & Vine Age: The estate spans 45.5 acres across 27 hand-farmed parcels, rooted in a mosaic of limestone and clay soils. All farming is organic and biodynamic, with meticulous canopy management and hand harvesting.
Cellar: Grapes are handled as gently as possible and fermented with native yeasts, parcel by parcel in small lots. The wine is aged 16 to 20 months in 50% new French oak (30% one-year-old barrels), 10% egg-shaped concrete vessels, and 10% amphoras before racking, blending, and bottling.
CSPC: 129531
Winemakers Note:
What the Critics are saying:
Region: Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux
Appellation: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC
"Beautiful aromatics, vibrant, full of clarity and bright fruit delivery. Plum, blueberry, bursting with juicy life. Keeps delivering on the palate also, sprightly and vibrant, and soaked in limestone, wet stone personality. Has good depth of flavour, with a kick on the finish. Will age well, this is great stuff, a brilliant example of St-Emilion limestone. A buy!" 95 pts, Decanter
TECHNICAL INFO
Varietal/Blend: 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
ABV: 14.5%
Vineyard: The estate spans 45.5 acres across 27 hand-farmed parcels, rooted in a mosaic of limestone and clay soils. All farming is organic and biodynamic, with meticulous canopy management and hand harvesting.
Cellar: Grapes are handled as gently as possible and fermented with native yeasts, parcel by parcel in small lots. The wine is aged 16 to 20 months in 50% new French oak (30% one-year-old barrels), 10% egg-shaped concrete vessels, and 10% amphoras before racking, blending, and bottling.
CSPC: 129531
Winemakers Note:
What the Critics are saying:
Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South
T: 403-971-1898
E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca
Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North
T: 780-203-5284
E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca
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TECHNICAL INFO
Country: France
Region: Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux
Appellation: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC
Climate:
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Soils:
Varietal/Blend: 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
Fermentation: Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.
Ageing:
Vineyard & Vine Age: Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.
ABV: 14.5%
Produced Cases: 50
CSPC: 129531
Calgary + Alberta South
Andrew Stewart
403-604-0408
andrew@vinoalvino.ca
Edmonton + Alberta North
Joe Gurba
780-203-5284
joe@vinoalvino.ca
Saskatoon + Saskatchewan South
Kerrie Gavin
306-290-0277
kerrie@vinoalvino.ca
