The Château Fonsèche of Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Fonsèche
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Domaines Fabre.
It is ranked in the top 230 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Haut-Médoc in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Fonsèche is one of the best wineries to follow in Haut-Médoc.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Fonsèche wines

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

The top red wines of Château Fonsèche

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Fonsèche

How Château Fonsèche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of simple baked roast beef, lamb garam massala or rabbit with prunes in my grandmother's style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Fonsèche

On the nose the red wine of Château Fonsèche. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, black currant or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, oak or microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Château Fonsèche. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Fonsèche

  • 2006With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Haut-Médoc

The wine region of Haut-Médoc is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lestage Simon or the Château La Lagune produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Haut-Médoc are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Haut-Médoc often reveals types of flavors of leather, sour cherry or almonds and sometimes also flavors of chalk, hay or orange.

In the mouth of Haut-Médoc is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 512 estates and châteaux in the of Haut-Médoc, producing 836 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Haut-Médoc go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Fonsèche

Planning a wine route in the of Haut-Médoc? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Fonsèche.

Discover the grape variety: Muscat rge de Madère

A very old variety of table grape that is now almost extinct. It can still be found in Italy, Portugal, Romania, Moldavia, ... in France, it can only be found among amateur gardeners and/or collectors. It is given as originating from Portugal, others from Romania. D.N.A. analyses carried out in 2007 allow us to confirm that it is indeed a natural intraspecific cross between the muscat à petits grains blancs and the sciaccarello or mammolo nero.

News about Château Fonsèche and wines from the region

Château Peyrabon in Bordeaux gets new owner

BCAP, a group controlled by the Castéja family, has agreed to acquire Château Peyrabon and Château La Fleur Peyrabon from Millésima, a subsidiary of the Bernard family, a joint-statement by both families said. Financial details weren’t disclosed. Peyrabon, in Haut-Médoc, was ranked as a ‘Supérieur’ estate in the Cru Bourgeois 2020 classification, which saw the ranking return to a three-tier system. ‘Supérieur’ is above standard Cru Bourgeois level but below ‘Exceptionnel’. Millésima and the Bern ...

Angélus, Léoville Barton join 2021 en primeur releases

Château Angélus 2021 was released this morning (23 May) at €265 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, according to Liv-ex, up by around 2% on the opening price of the 2020 vintage last year. Merchants were offering Angélus 2021 for £3,120 (12x75cl in bond). Decanter’s Georgie Hindle scored Angélus 2021 95 points, praising its ‘exceptional finesse’. She said the wine represents an excellent effort, following a Bordeaux 2021 growing season that presented many weather challenges. This vintage of Angélus contains ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Muscaté

Wine reminiscent of the characteristic aromas of fresh muscat grapes.

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