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Carved from a six-acre parcel of the Fombrauge estate, there are only around 360-500 cases of this luxury cuvee from Bernard Magrez. Barrel-fermented with the Burgundy-styled punching down, called pigeage, it is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. The formidable 2006 is a full-bodied, powerful, opaque purple-hued effort offering notes of graphite, blueberries, blackberries, chocolate, and hints of smoke and kirsch. Sexy, opulent, and fleshy, it is surprisingly approachable for a young vintage of this cuvee, and should drink beautifully for 15 or more years. Wine Advocate.February, 2009
Robert Parker Score: 92/100
The 2006 Magrez-Fombrauge showed very strangely with a slightly Mediterranean bouquet with black olives and mulberry. The palate is not as pleasurable as the nose and felt rather hard and bitter. I will seek to re-taste this at another point. Tasted April 2016. May 2016, www.robertparker.com
Neal Martin
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Product Details
Carved from a six-acre parcel of the Fombrauge estate, there are only around 360-500 cases of this luxury cuvee from Bernard Magrez. Barrel-fermented with the Burgundy-styled punching down, called pigeage, it is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. The formidable 2006 is a full-bodied, powerful, opaque purple-hued effort offering notes of graphite, blueberries, blackberries, chocolate, and hints of smoke and kirsch. Sexy, opulent, and fleshy, it is surprisingly approachable for a young vintage of this cuvee, and should drink beautifully for 15 or more years. Wine Advocate.February, 2009
Robert Parker Score: 92/100
The 2006 Magrez-Fombrauge showed very strangely with a slightly Mediterranean bouquet with black olives and mulberry. The palate is not as pleasurable as the nose and felt rather hard and bitter. I will seek to re-taste this at another point. Tasted April 2016. May 2016, www.robertparker.com
Neal Martin
Bordeaux / France