2008 Faugeres
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One of the deeper colored efforts in the vintage, the 2008 Château Faugères (85% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon) offers a big, sweet nose of blackcurrants and blackberry fruit intermixed with notions of chocolate, leafy herbs, and spice. It's full-bodied, voluptuous, and sexy, with more texture and charm than most in the vintage.
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Robert Parker
Jancis Robinson MW
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Lustrous blackish crimson. Oxidised nose. Picked too late? Unappetisingly sweet palate then drying tannins. A second bottle was initially fresher but still very unconvincing. (JR)
Ruby-red. High-toned, liqueur-like aromas of blueberry and coffee. Fat, sweet and easygoing, with an almost syrupy quality to the raspberry and blackberry fruit. This open-knit, easygoing fruit bomb offers immediate appeal. Finishes with sweet, harmonious tannins. I'd consume this over the next seven or eight years.