Château Fonroque 2010 - Grand Cru Classé BIO
Rating: Robert Parker 89+/100, Bettane & Desseauve 16/20, Citation Guide Hachette
Fonroque is a generous, precise, and elegantly refined grand cru, featuring aromas of flowers and fruit, as well as truffle, black olive, and mineral notes. The palate is full and rich, perfectly balanced, and very harmonious, with a velvety texture that is highly refined and elegant… A beautiful bottle! • Delivered in a wooden case for orders of 12 bottles of this wine shipped within France •
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Eye
bright maroon dress
Nose
generous, precise, and elegantly refined, with aromas of flowers and fruit, as well as truffle, black olives, and mineral notes
Mouth
Full-bodied and rich. Perfectly balanced, it is very harmonious, with a velvety texture that is both refined and elegant
Serve
at 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2013
Drink before
2025
Production
Approximately 60,000 bottles
Food and wine pairings
A déguster sur des fromages affinées, des viandes rouges, des gibiers...<br/>
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2018 guide) 3 stars (High-quality production, serving as a benchmark in its sector)
About the estate:
Committed to organic viticulture, this château produces wines with a delicate, slender structure and a balance that is always rooted in freshness.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly recognized by the guide)
About the estate:
This is rare enough among Bordeaux grands crus to be worth noting: this estate is farmed organically (certified in 2006) and biodynamically (2008). Alain Moueix, a native of Corrèze like many winemakers based in the Libourne region, has owned it since 2001.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the estate:
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated estate (2018 guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or quality winemakers producing good wines; you won't be disappointed when tasting the wines from these estates)
About the estate:
Château Fonroque is the Moueix family’s ancestral home in Saint-Émilion, acquired in 1931 by Jean and Adèle, the great-grandparents of Alain Moueix, who took over management of the family estate in 2001. Each generation has left its mark. Whatever the future holds for the château, in a local context where family-owned estates are becoming increasingly rare, it can be said that the current generation has remained true to tradition. A trained agricultural engineer and oenologist, Alain Moueix began considering the transition to organic farming as early as 2002. Certification inspections began in 2003. By 2005, a logical progression of all the steps taken led the entire vineyard to adopt biodynamic farming. The 17.6 hectares of contiguous land that make up the vineyard are spread across a plateau and a west-facing hillside, northwest of the village of Saint-Emilion. “The best plots in the upper part of the estate were preserved by previous generations,” explains Alain Moueix. “It’s always a difficult decision to pull up old vines, since they are the foundation of your great wine. When I began pulling them up in 2001, I had my doubts. Today, I have no regrets. “Being deprived of their yield penalized me for five years, but today I’m reaping all the benefits.”