2012 Cap de Faugeres La Mouleyre
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The 2012 La Moulyere is rich, racy and extroverted to the core. Super-ripe red cherry, plum, spice and licorice are fused together in a rich, super-inviting wine endowed with terrific mid-palate pliancy and terrific overall balance. The 2012 is a winner from proprietor Silvio Denz and winemaker Michel Rolland. La Moulyere emerges from a one-hectare parcel that lies next to Faugères and Cap de Faugères. The blend is 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. This is a fabulous, overachieving wine that shows what is possible in Castillion. I loved it.
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This estate’s luxury cuvee, the 2012 La Mouleyre is a spectacular effort, although very limited in production (200 cases). Owner Silvio Denz has reduced the yields of this 2.5-acre parcel, planted with 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, to an absurdly low 20 hectoliters per hectare. The alcohol finished at 14%. A wine of classified growth intensity, it boasts a dense purple color along with a wonderful smoky nose revealing aromas of asphalt, camphor, black currant liqueur, lead pencil shavings and white chocolate. This is a superb, long, rich, full-bodied wine that over-performs dramatically for its appellation and price. Drink it over the next 8-12 years. An exclusive of Jeffrey M. Davies, the American broker living in Bordeaux, the 2012 Cap de Fougeres is from the owner of Lalique crystal and other luxury brands, Silvio Denz. The consultant is Michel Rolland, which is reflected in the wine’s impeccable quality. It is composed of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon from a beautifully situated 75-acre vineyard in the Cotes de Castillon. Yields were a low 25 hectoliters per hectare and the wine is a sleeper of the vintage.