Chateau Magrez Fombrauge Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2005 NO20230712 heroic viticulture is not a

heroic viticulture is not a marketing phrase here

Layers of dried flowers and baking spice give way to savory salinity

From a parcel yielding just over 100 cases annually

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

while the softer mousse makes it feel almost creamy

Chateau Magrez Fombrauge Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2005 NO20230712 heroic viticulture is not aA 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