2022 Fourcas Hosten
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If the 2022 Château Fourcas Hosten shows this well from bottle, it will be the finest vintage from this château I've seen. Offering up a medium to full-bodied, ripe, concentrated, yet elegant style, with pure plum and cassis fruit, it has nicely integrated oak, good mid-palate depth, and a great finish. It's one heck of an impressive barrel sample.
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James Suckling
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2022 Fourcas Hosten is deep garnet-purple in color. It needs a swirl or two to reveal fragrant notes of black raspberries, blackcurrant pastilles, and juicy plums, plus hints of wild sage, pencil lead, and fragrant earth. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers mouth-coating red and black fruit layers with ripe, fine-grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and savory.
A fine-tannined red with blackberry, blackcurrant and wet-earth character. It’s medium-bodied, chewy and polished. From organically grown grapes.
The 2022 Fourcas Hosten is packed with succulent dark red cherry, plum, leather, licorice, spice, chocolate and menthol. This flamboyant Listrac has plenty to o
About the producer
In the heart of Listrac, surrounded by three hectares of gardens, this château has just over 40 hectares of vines – with Merlot planted on clay-limestone and Cabernet Sauvignon on the gravel plateau.