Chateau Faugeres 2020

WEINWISSER: "Berauschend dunkles Waldbeerbouquet, edle Pralinenmischung, Lakritze, dunkles Edelholz und fruchtiger Pfeifentabak. Am satten Gaumen mit rahmiger Fülle, butterweicher Textur, feinkörnigem Extrakt, engmaschiges Tanningerüst und durchtrainierter Körper. Im gebündelten feinaromatischen Finale rote- und blaue Beeren, Estragon, helles Graphit und feinmehlige Adstringenz, auf dem Weg zur besseren Note."

JEB DUNNUCK: "Lots of mulled cherries, blueberries, iron, and bouquet garni emerge from the 2020 Château Faugeres, a rich, focused, yet fruit-loaded barrel sample that has a good sense of purity and elegance. I was able to taste two bottles, both showing medium to full-bodied richness, with one having slightly more precision. Both showed great mid-palates, and this is certainly a beautiful wine in the making. Two to four years should do it well and it’s going to have two decades of longevity."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Truffles, cocoa, dark red fruits, licorice and spice create a perfume that wants to get noticed. On the palate, the wine is rich, lush, concentrated, deep and polished. Yet, it is balanced by its freshness, lift and elegance that makes everything work here from start to the vibrant, cocoa, plum and spice-box finish. Drink from 2024-2040."

JAMES SUCKLING: "Red berries, plums and flowers with hints of orange peel. Full-bodied with rich fruit, light jam, creamy tannins and brightness at the end. Lightly salty. Vivid. 70% merlot, 25% cabernet franc and 5% cabernet sauvignon. Better in a few years."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Deep purple-black colored, the 2020 Faugères stampedes out of the glass with a herd of powerful black fruit notes: blackberry pie, baked black plums and ripe, juicy black cherries, plus hints of wild mushrooms, damp soil, tar and star anise with a waft of tobacco. The full-bodied palate is chock-full of black fruit preserves, framed by ripe, rounded tannins and oodles of freshness, finishing long and earthy."