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Château de Fonbel 2025
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Château de Fonbel 2025

Bordeaux • Saint-Emilion • Grand Cru Classé • Red

102,84€ tax included
102,84€ tax included
22,85€ / L
Packaging : 6 x 75CL - Carton

Primeurs - Delivery early 2028

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Description

  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • Appellation Saint-Emilion
  • Color Red
  • Alcohol 12,5
  • Vintage 2025
  • Grape varieties 60% Merlot 30% Cabernet sauvignon 5% Cabernet franc 5% Carmenere

Owned by the Vauthier family since 1971, Château de Fonbel receives special attention because its vineyard serves as a testing ground for Château Ausone.

Ratings

Ratings

  • James Suckling 93-94/100
  • Decanter 93/100
Notes and pairings

Notes and pairings

Tasting notes

Brilliant ruby in colour. The nose seduces with immediate aromatic purity — ripe fruits mingling with hints of liquorice and spice, gently marked by the signature of Carménère. The palate balances sweet and savoury notes, with a lively freshness and a sleek, lasting finish.
Producer

Producer

Owner and history

The ‘Jardins d’essai’ of Château Ausone

Owned by the Vauthier family since 1971, Château de Fonbel is a place of innovation and experimentation, a diverse mosaic of sixteen hectares divided into small garden vineyards of sandy, clay and gravel soils. The diversity extends to the grape varieties: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Carménère, a rare variety that almost disappeared from Bordeaux. The result is a singular Saint-Émilion, savoury rather than sweet, linear rather than broad, with uncommon spice and camphor notes. Direct, immediate, pure, with a subtle touch of oak influence.

2025 VINTAGE.

Warm, clement conditions allowed for a markedly earlier harvest than in previous years. The Carménère, picked in mid September rather than early October, already reveals a promising cuve—full of finesse and freshness—announcing the immediacy and drinkability that define Fonbel. All varieties navigated the late June and mid-August heatwaves without stress, translating into a naturally balanced wine.

>>> Immediate — Spiced — Linear

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  • Serving temperature 16–18 °C

  • Climax 2028 à 2039