2019 Fugue de Nenin
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From sandier soils, the 2019 Fugue de Nenin is softer and suppler than the grand vin, offering up aromas of rich cherry and berry fruit, followed by a medium to full-bodied, melting and enveloping palate. It's an attractive Pomerol that is drinking well out of the gates.
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James Lawther MW, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2019 Fugue de Nenin comes from the 15 hectares on sandier terroir. Matured in 30% new oak, it has a straightforward dark cherry, raspberry and slightly figgy bouquet that gains intensity in the glass. The palate is rounded and supple on the entry and very smooth in texture, offering dark berry fruit mixed with black pepper and spice toward the long finish. This is a fine, quite voluptuous Fugue.
This remains austere, as it was En Primeur, with tannins are pressing in through the mid palate, not quite bursting with the fruit as you might expect in a 2nd wine from Pomerol. This could be the reductive edge on the attack, that clears quickly leaving a beautifully smoky, crayon and graphite touch. Elegance and bounce to the black cherry fruits, great quality, typical of the estate if not the appellation. 30% new oak, 3.56ph.