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Tasting notes
Score 90/100 · Drink 2020-2030, Neal Martin, Oct 2018

The 2016 Fontesteau has an elegant bouquet with cedar-infused black fruit, hints of truffle and bay leaf developing with aeration. The palate is well balanced with fine grain tannin, taut and linear but with impressive energy and tension towards the finish. This is a very well crafted Haut-Médoc that should give a decade’s worth of drinking pleasure. Tasted at the Cru Bourgeois tasting in London.

Critic scores

Critic scores
90
90/100

Average Score

16
16/20

Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com

90
90/100

Neal Martin

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16 points
Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Score 16/20 · Drink 2018-2025, Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com, Sep 2018

53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc. Plush, plummy fruit with good, defined blackcurrant character. Moderate length and medium body with soft structure and well-integrated acidity. (RH)

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Fontesteau
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Grape Blend

Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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