The Château Fonguillon of Montagne-Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Château Fonguillon - Montagne-Saint-Émilion
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 89 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Montagne-Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Fonguillon is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Montagne-Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Fonguillon wines

Looking for the best Château Fonguillon wines in Montagne-Saint-Émilion among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Fonguillon 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 Fonguillon wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Fonguillon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Fonguillon

How Château Fonguillon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce, quick couscous or roast duck breast stuffed with foie gras confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Fonguillon

On the nose the red wine of Château Fonguillon. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, vanilla or raspberry. In the mouth the red wine of Château Fonguillon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Fonguillon

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Montagne-Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Montagne-Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château La Fauconnerie or the Château l'Art de Maison Neuve produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Montagne-Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Montagne-Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of cherry, bramble or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of mint, stone or raisin.

In the mouth of Montagne-Saint-Émilion is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 351 estates and châteaux in the of Montagne-Saint-Émilion, producing 544 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Montagne-Saint-Émilion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Fonguillon

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

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 Fonguillon and wines from the region

Wartime Cognac

The French shipment of 600 bottles of De Haartman & Co Cognac – plus 15 boxes of Bénédictine liqueur – is believed to have been destined for Tsar Nicholas II, but was intercepted in the Baltic Sea and sunk by a German submarine in May 1917. Now Cognac house Birkedal Hartmann has refilled 300 of the recovered bottles with Cognac dating from the early 1900s, using packaging identical to the original, and is selling them for €9,000 each. The wreck of the SS Kyros was discovered by Swedish explo ...

Sotheby’s hits record wine and spirits auction sales in 2021

Sotheby’s said wine and spirits auction sales rose by around 44% to $132m (£99.6m) in 2021, boosted by record prices, fresh partnerships and a wave of new buyers. Its figures also offered more evidence of a strong fine wine market this year. Wine represented $111m of Sotheby’s 2021 auction sales, with famous Burgundy labels dominating a list of best-selling lots. Other highlights included a recent sale of Châteaux Rauzan-Ségla and Canon wines, sourced direct from the Chanel-owned estates in Bord ...

Pomerol granted permission for ‘exceptional’ irrigation

‘Climatic conditions’ and the requests of a ‘certain number of winegrowers’ were cited as the reasons for Jean-Marie Garde, president of the Pomerol appellation, to ask regulatory body Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité (INAO) to temporarily reverse the long-standing ban on irrigation. The favourable news was shared via emails seen by Decanter, with an accompanying letter from the INAO dated July 20, 2022. The letter, translated from French, states that after ...

The word of the wine: Stamping

Marking of corks, barrels or cases with an iron.