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Château Faugères
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2022
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black fruit, flowers, chocolate, plums, and mocha shine in the nose. The palate displays more of those lusciously-textured, black cherries, plums, and chocolate. The wine is rich, creamy, long and sweet, with vibrancy, energy, and a touch of savory herbs on the backend. The wine blends 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2024-2045. 92-94 Pts. 2,320 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2021
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, cocoa, spice, espresso and black cherries line up in the perfume. The palate, with its layers of creamy-textured, black cherries and chocolate accents is polished, and fresh. Drink from 2024-2037. 170 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Medium-bodied, soft, fresh and silky, with layers of sweet, juicy, dark plums, black cherries, mocha and espresso. Lush and refined, the wine finishes with espresso, dark cocoa and deep, ripe, sweet pit fruits with a sprig of mint in the endnote. The harvest took place September 29 - October 15. Drink from 2023-2037. 91-93 1,206 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2020
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
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. 990 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Dark in color, the black cherry, flower, licorice, plum liqueur and espresso nose jumps out in front. On the palate, the wine is opulent, rich, full-bodied, deep and concentrated. The perfectly ripe fruit is dark, opulent and polished with velvety textures, length and volume on the mid-palate and finish. 93-95 Pts 2,970 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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Juicy lemons and white flowers open the nose, while on the palate, the wine is all about its core of sweet, white peaches, apricots and creamy lemon chiffon. Drink from 2023-2030. 1,311 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023 |
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2019
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Deeply colored, the wine is fresh, vibrant and rich. The fruit blends black cherries, plums and strawberry with dried flowers, forest leaves and spice. Plushly-textured, long and packed with loads of ripe, sweet, dark red fruits, chocolate, licorice and spice, the soft, polished finish tastes and feels great. Drink from 2023-2038. 2,144 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Dark in color, the wine is packed with round, fat fruits, licorice and soft tannins. The mid-palate and endnotes come with a ripe, sweet, fruity finish that carries on nicely. This wine is forward in style and should be great to enjoy close to its release. The wine was made from a blend of 70% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Franc and 9% Cabernet Sauvignon. 91-93 Pts 2,968 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2018
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Dark in color, the wine instantly hits you with licorice, chocolate covered cherries, plums, smoke and espresso. Lush, polished, rich and velvety, there is good density, lift and length here. This wine is forward in style and should be great to enjoy with just a few years of age, if you can keep your hands off it for that long. The wine was made from a blend of 70% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Franc and 9% Cabernet Sauvignon. 2,110 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021 |
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2017
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Fleshy and plush, round and rich, this wine is sweet, fruity, forward and should be great close to its release. The wine was made from a blend of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 2,744 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, smoke, licorice, wet earth and ripe, luscious deep red fruits are all over the place. The wine concentrated, full, is rich, juicy and round textured, with staying power on your palate. 1,794 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Made from 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine opens with lusciously textured, very ripe, chewy dark plums. Stand by for sweetness, freshness and length. 2,562 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2015
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Fruity, fleshy and fresh, this combines perfectly ripe, opulently textured, red and black fruits, velvet textures and a long end note of licorice, espresso, ripe black plums and black cherry, with a bit of cocoa on top of the fruit. Round, fat, juicy, sweet, ripe, dark red fruits, cocoa, anise, smoke and plums are made even better with the lushly textured mouth feel, silky tannins and sweet, ripe, polished fruits in the finish. 3,183 Views Tasted May 21, 2018With more silk on the tannins, additional layers of fruit and complexity, this should easily hit the top of my barrel scores with its round, fat, juicy, sweet, ripe, dark red fruits, cocoa, anise, smoke and plums. The lushly textured finish leaves an impression. 3,610 Views Tasted Jul 12, 2017Round, fat, juicy, sweet, ripe, dark red fruits, cocoa, anise, smoke and plums are made even better with the lushly textured mouth feel, silky tannins and sweet, ripe, polished fruits in the finish. The wine is made from a blend of 80% Merlot, 15 Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 91-93 Pts 3,817 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
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2014
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The wine is approachable and easy to like. Lush, forward and filled with ripe, juicy plum, chocolate-covered cherry and licorice tones. 90-91 Pts 5,145 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2015 |
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2013
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Light in color and medium bodied with good freshness in the soft strawberry and cherry finish. Drink this bright wine on the young side to get the most from its fruit, as this is not built for aging. 87-89 Pts 2,777 Views Tasted Apr 28, 2014 |
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2012
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Soft, ripe, sweet and easy drinking, with silky tannins, forward in style, ending with a ripe, dark cherry and licorice finish. 2,684 Views Tasted May 15, 2015 |
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2011
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied, forward, easy drinking, soft, open and charming. There is no need for long decanting or aging here, just pop, pour and enjoy. 2,655 Views Tasted Nov 14, 2017Medium bodied, soft, polished and open, the wine serves up licorice and black cherries in the nose and on the palate. 3,365 Views Tasted Nov 17, 2013From 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Franc, the wine is aged in 50% new oak. This medium-bodied wine displays floral, red plum , licorice and earthy aromas and ends with a light red berry finish. 89-90 Pts 3,816 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2012 |
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2010
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Faugeres From a blend of 85% merlot, 10% cabernet franc and 5% cabernet sauvignon, the wine will be aged in 50% new oak for about 14 months. Licorice, bitter chocolate, boysenberry aromatics, plush, soft, round textures and a ripe, chocolate and black cherry finish are found in this wine. 90-91 Pts 4,097 Views Tasted Apr 22, 2011 |
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2009
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Lush textures, licorice, espresso, black cherries, plum, cocoa and truffle scents and an opulent, forward, sensuous finish are already on full display. 4,272 Views Tasted May 19, 2013 |
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2008
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Fully mature, the wine combines truffle and earthy nuances with smoky dark fruits. The wine shows some strict characteristics in the tannins, so you might want to give it an hour of air, and pop your corks over the next few years. Round, fat, juicy, sweet, ripe, dark red fruits, cocoa, anise, smoke and plums are made even better with the lushly textured mouth feel, silky tannins and sweet, ripe, polished fruits in the finish. 2,143 Views Tasted Sep 17, 201808 Château Faugeres starts off with a truffle nose intermingled with oak and black fruits. This medium/full bodied, elegantly styled wine will offer pleasure at a young age. The wine finishes with silky, jammy black berry flavors. Owner Silvio Denz unveiled his new, show stopping wine making facilities in September 2009. 89-91 Pts 4,219 Views Tasted Jul 1, 2009 |
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2005
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Lush, round and silky, with loads of ripe, black cherry, cocoa and earthy tones, the wine ends with sweet, dark red fruits and chocolate. This is ready from prime time drinking. 4,083 Views Tasted Jun 28, 2015The power trio of Michel Rolland, Stephan von Neipperg and Silvio Denz produced a solid wine in 2005. Still deep in color, with licorice, coffee, blackberry, blueberry, stone and chocolate covered cherries, this is a sensuous, deep, rich, opulent, lush, modern style of St. Emilion wine that has offered pleasure from the moment it was bottled. There is a lot to like here and it's still fairly priced. 5,616 Views Tasted Nov 1, 2011 |
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2000
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Drinking perfectly today, the wine offers all its soft, round textured charms with layers of licorice, coffee bean, black cherries, earth, anise and spice. There is no need to age this wine any longer. 4,448 Views Tasted May 19, 2013 |
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1998
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Fully mature, the wine is round open and ready for prime time drinking, thanks to its easily accessible, licorice, black cherry, chocolate, earthy character and lushly textured finish. There is no reason to hold this for further evolution. 3,691 Views Tasted Feb 20, 2018 |
