Appellations

Fonroque 2022

St Emilion, Grand Cru Classé

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Tasting Notes

Located on a sandier section of the appellation and you can trace it in the alcohol and the slightly baked fruit, but this remains a successful wine, with raspberry and bilberry fruits, fully ripe but balanced by freshly cut herbs and soft tannic hold. No need to wait too long. 45hl/h yield, Guillard family owners, Alain Moueix director. 34% new barrels. Certified organic and biodynamic.

Score: 92 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2028-2040 Date: 06 March 2025

The 2022 Fonroque has a well-defined bouquet with black cherry, violet and iris flower scents. It's precise with neatly integrated oak. The palate is well balanced with a succulent opening featuring red cherry, wild strawberry, marmalade and allspice. This is quite fleshy toward the finish but with adequate backbone. Maybe I underestimated this en primeur and my score reflects that.

Score: 92 Neal Martin, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2026-2036 Date: 12 February 2025

The 2022 Fonroque is plush, sensual and quite deep. Silky tannins enshroud a core of dark cherry/plum fruit, new leather, spice, menthol and espresso. This juicy, open-knit Saint-Émilion from Alan Mouiex is a winner.

Score: 92 Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2027-2042 Date: 28 January 2025

The second vintage made in the new cellar, the 2022 Château Fonroque checks in as 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. It's a richer, medium to full-bodied, nicely concentrated Saint-Emilion offering plenty of plum and darker cherry fruit, a deep, layered mid-palate, ripe tannins, and complex notes of chocolate, violets, acacia flowers, and spice. Tasted twice with consistent notes.

Score: 91 - 93 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Date: 05 October 2023

The 2022 Fonroque wafts from the glass with sweet aromas of blackberries, cherries, licorice and petals, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy palate with vibrant acids, supple tannins and an intensely mineral finish. Farmed biodynamically for two decades under the direction of Alain Mouiex, this 17-hectare estate on the western extreme of Saint-Émilion's limestone plateau has gone from strength to strength in recent vintages.

Score: 92 - 94 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 28 April 2023

A tensioned red with blackberry, orange peel and dark chocolate character with fine and firm tannins. Precise and focused. Full-bodied yet polished and bright. Much better than in the past. From organically grown grapes.

Score: 94 - 95 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 13 April 2023