Description
Château Fonroque is the Saint-Emilion cradle of the Moueix family, acquired by Jean and Adèle, great-grandparents of Alain Moueix, operator of this beautiful wine property.
Second son of a family of small farmers from Haute Corrèze, Jean Moueix “moved” to Paris in the 1920s, where he successively opened with his wife Adèle, one, then several dairy products businesses. A few years later, they bought Château Fonroque where they settled permanently. The decades that followed sealed the attachment of Jean and Adèle Moueix, then of their eldest son Jean-Antoine, to the land of Fonroque. In the oldest archives, Fonroque has always been a wine-growing operation.
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal(s) | Merlot |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Appellation | Saint Emilion Grand Cru |
| Brand | Cote de Fonroque |
| Vintage | 2016 |
Wines from Bordeaux
Bordeaux is in the south west of France and is one of the most famous wine regions in the world. It is the largest wine producing region in France, the vast majority being red wines. While it does make large quantities of everyday table wine, outside of Europe, it is mostly noted for producing some of the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world.
The Garonne and Dordogne rivers run through the region and together naturally irrigate the land while the soils are rich in calcium owing to their limestone content. These two rivers connect and run through to the Atlantic Ocean splitting Bordeaux into 3 distinct parts. We have the left bank, the right bank, and the area between the two rivers called Entre-Deux-Mers.
While in Australia we often see straight Shiraz, Cabernet or Merlots, Bordeaux does not generally produce red wine without blending. The “Bordeaux Blend” is one of the most classic and popular styles of red wine that has spread throughout France as well as throughout the New World.
On the left bank, typical top-quality blends are 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc and 15% Merlot. On the right bank top quality blends are typically made of 70% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon.
In general you can expect red wines from Bordeaux to taste more earthy in flavour compared to those from the New World wine regions that tend to be more fruit flavour driven.
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