Château Fonplégade

Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend

9.310 ratings
9.42 pro ratings
St. Émilion, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
Red Bordeaux Blend
Chili & Hot Spicy, Potato, White Rice, Mushrooms, Pasta, Pork, Salami & Prosciutto, Pungent Cheese, Lamb, Tomato-Based, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Beef, Hard Cheese, Venison
Top Notes For
Shay A
9.4

Weekly Wednesday Wine Committee and this was a special treat as not only was Weston from Montagu Wines in attendance, but Jason Moore, owner and winemaker for Modus Operandi Wines out of Napa. Blind format as always. 1 sparkler, 3 whites, 4 reds and 1 dessert.

WOW! What a showing! Most of the room guessed Napa Cab. Can’t believe this is Bordeaux. Nose had a lot of sweet fruit and oak on it. Blue and black fruit but in no way jammy. Great mineral focus. The perfect marriage of Napa and Bordeaux.

Weekly Wednesday Wine Committee and this was a special treat as not only was Weston from Montagu Wines in attendance, but Jason Moore, owner and winemaker for Modus Operandi Wines out of Napa. Blind format as always. 1 sparkler, 3 whites, 4 reds and 1 dessert.

WOW! What a showing! Most of the room guessed Napa Cab. Can’t believe this is Bordeaux. Nose had a lot of sweet fruit and oak on it. Blue and black fruit but in no way jammy. Great mineral focus. The perfect marriage of Napa and Bordeaux.

Apr 18th, 2018
Devin Bostick

Red licorice, sorrel, raspberry syrup, light hot leather smell, light ruby magenta, the jam and acid meet fluidly with strawberry, raspberry, and a consistent warm tartness

Red licorice, sorrel, raspberry syrup, light hot leather smell, light ruby magenta, the jam and acid meet fluidly with strawberry, raspberry, and a consistent warm tartness

Nov 29th, 2020
Devin Bostick

Beautiful aged smell, bright molasses but old winey, very good, strong, color rusty magenta, wet big comes on so strong so pungent, 2005 seems good now

Beautiful aged smell, bright molasses but old winey, very good, strong, color rusty magenta, wet big comes on so strong so pungent, 2005 seems good now

Nov 22nd, 2017
Patrick Tse

Still young, can use more cellar time. Deep, dark, inky, rich, complex, delicious. Opens up beautifully over a few hours. Probably needs another 5-7 years.

Still young, can use more cellar time. Deep, dark, inky, rich, complex, delicious. Opens up beautifully over a few hours. Probably needs another 5-7 years.

Apr 15th, 2017
Jay Miner

A treat. Ruby red. Leather, tobacco, black cherry.

A treat. Ruby red. Leather, tobacco, black cherry.

Dec 27th, 2016
Jared Sippel

05 vintage

05 vintage

Jan 22nd, 2015
Napa Valley Wine Academy

Napa had this 10 years ago

Napa had this 10 years ago

Jan 22nd, 2015
Noam Dorros

Noam had this 6 years ago

Noam had this 6 years ago

Mar 29th, 2019
Edward Dowse

Edward had this 11 years ago

Edward had this 11 years ago

Oct 9th, 2013
David Gibbs

David had this 11 years ago

David had this 11 years ago

Sep 14th, 2013