The Château Fonplégade of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru of Bordeaux

Château Fonplégade
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
This estate is part of the Adams Wine Group.
It is ranked in the top 56 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Fonplégade is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Fonplégade wines

Looking for the best Château Fonplégade wines in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Fonplégade wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Fonplégade wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top pink wines of Château Fonplégade

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Fonplégade

How Château Fonplégade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of chinese fondue, lamb with ginger honey or chicken tagine with lemon confit (marrakech style).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Fonplégade

  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Fonplégade.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cheval Blanc or the Château Ausone produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dill or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, hay or honey.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 849 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, producing 1323 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Château Fonplégade

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Fonplégade

How Château Fonplégade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), rolled lamb shoulder with herbs or cassoulet with duck confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Fonplégade

On the nose the red wine of Château Fonplégade. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, mushroom or forest floor and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, violet or coffee. In the mouth the red wine of Château Fonplégade. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Fonplégade

  • 1994With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.33/5
  • 1993With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1986With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Fonplégade.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Fonplégade

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Fonplégade.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about Château Fonplégade and wines from the region

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of t ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Azé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Azé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​ ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Prissé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Prissé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The word of the wine: Foxé

An animal odor found in certain reduced or old wines, which are also said to fox, in reference to the fox.

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