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The 2024 Faugeres is an expressive, layered wine with a good bit of energy. Bright red-toned fruit, blood orange, cinnamon, star anise and a kick of French oak confer exotic beauty. Pliant and medium in body, with fine overall harmony, Faugeres has plenty to offer. A kick of white pepper and savory herbs from the Franc inform the finish.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Colin Hay, The Drinks Business
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Chocolate, black cherries, licorice, espresso, and flowers create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is soft, vibrant, round, and supple, with plums and cocoa that resonate from the mid-palate through to the finish. The wine blends 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 13.5% ABV.
This shows pretty cherry, raspberry and orange aromas and flavors with medium body and a bright, vivid finish. An attractive balance of fine tannins and acidity. Juicy at the end. A blend of 70% merlot, 25% cabernet franc and 5% cabernet sauvignon.
More serious than Cap de Faugeres (tasted before). Seriously pure and focussed, with quite a narrow frame densely charged with fresh fruits – here more purple and black than Cap’s red cherries and berries. There’s a touch of ferrous minerality. There’s graphite too and the oak is both very moderate and very well-integrated. The calcaire tannins give this great length. Tense and rippling and very long on the linear finish. Excellent. Classy in its new, far less oaked style. A pleasing mentholated lift on the finish and the grip of the chalky tannins.