Chateau Magrez Fombrauge Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2005 NO20230712 Cardamom and a secret ingredient

Cardamom and a secret ingredient (with traces of orange and lemon peel)

A genuinely great introduction to what high-altitude Tempranillo can do

From a parcel yielding just over 100 cases annually

while the softer mousse makes it feel almost creamy

Chateau Magrez Fombrauge Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2005 NO20230712 Cardamom and a secret ingredientA micro cuve and one of Bernard Magrez's most ambitious projects in Saint milion. Magrez Fombrauge is a separate label from the larger Chteau Fombrauge, drawn from just 1. 8 hectares of the estate's best parcels and crafted with Burgundian techniquescold pre fermentation maceration, malolactic in barrel, lees aging, no fining or filtrationunder the consultancy of Michel Rolland. The 2005 is now twenty years old, from one of Bordeaux's truly great