Fombrauge 2006

St Emilion, Grand Cru

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Tasting Notes
Tasted privately with a negotiant. A very reserved nose, difficult to coax any aromas from the glass. Full-bodied, high extraction with sweet ripe black fruits and vanillary oak. Overtly modern in style but for me, lacking some vivacity and finesse. It may improve as there is nice purity, but it lacks personality. Tasted April 2007. Score: 85 - 87 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 May 2007
Bernard Magrez wine - a bit tired on the nose, very overwrought and as though a superconcentrate of the original fruit. Marked acidity. Very hard work. I tasted another sample where the fruit was definitely fresher even though the tannins were pretty tough. A third, freshly opened bottle (thank you, Dourthe) had rather neutral fruit and great thickness if not definition. I don’t think I could unreservedly recommend this wine but I ended up raising my score from 15 to 16. Score: 16 Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2011-2016 18 April 2007
Very good for the vintage, with licorice and mineral character. Medium- to full-bodied, with good tannin structure and a medium finish. Score: 85 - 88 James Suckling, Wine Spectator 01 April 2007
A large property by Saint Emilion standards, quality at Fombrauge has been transformed by the efforts of Bernard Magrez and consultant Michel Rolland. Smooth, supple with cocoa, cream and spice and weighty black fruit. Score: 88 - 90 Albany Vintners, - 01 April 2007
The appellation’s largest vineyard, Fombrauge is run with great precision and passion by Bordeaux entrepreneur, Bernard Magrez (whose flagship estate is Pape-Clement). The 2006 Fombrauge reveals pure notes of raspberries, cherries, flowers, pain grille, and crushed rocks. Medium-bodied, spicy, pure, and elegant, it should drink well young, and last for 10-12 years. Score: 88 Robert Parker, - 01 January 1900

Tasting Notes

Tasted privately with a negotiant. A very reserved nose, difficult to coax any aromas from the glass. Full-bodied, high extraction with sweet ripe black fruits and vanillary oak. Overtly modern in style but for me, lacking some vivacity and finesse. It may improve as there is nice purity, but it lacks personality. Tasted April 2007.

Score: 85 - 87

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 May 2007

Bernard Magrez wine - a bit tired on the nose, very overwrought and as though a superconcentrate of the original fruit. Marked acidity. Very hard work. I tasted another sample where the fruit was definitely fresher even though the tannins were pretty tough. A third, freshly opened bottle (thank you, Dourthe) had rather neutral fruit and great thickness if not definition. I don’t think I could unreservedly recommend this wine but I ended up raising my score from 15 to 16.

Score: 16

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2011-2016 18 April 2007

Very good for the vintage, with licorice and mineral character. Medium- to full-bodied, with good tannin structure and a medium finish.

Score: 85 - 88

James Suckling, Wine Spectator 01 April 2007

A large property by Saint Emilion standards, quality at Fombrauge has been transformed by the efforts of Bernard Magrez and consultant Michel Rolland. Smooth, supple with cocoa, cream and spice and weighty black fruit.

Score: 88 - 90

Albany Vintners, - 01 April 2007

The appellation’s largest vineyard, Fombrauge is run with great precision and passion by Bordeaux entrepreneur, Bernard Magrez (whose flagship estate is Pape-Clement). The 2006 Fombrauge reveals pure notes of raspberries, cherries, flowers, pain grille, and crushed rocks. Medium-bodied, spicy, pure, and elegant, it should drink well young, and last for 10-12 years.

Score: 88

Robert Parker, - 01 January 1900

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