Chateau Fourcas Dumont Listrac 2006 is from an amalgamation of 2 chateau, Clos du Fourcas and Moulin du Bourg and is now called Chateau Fourcas-Borie located in the north of the Listrac area in the Medoc, Bordeaux. The vineyard is 30ha but 18ha is used for this wine and has grapes which are about 30 years old, 50% Merlot ( for fruit and fullness), 40% Cabernet Sauvignon (for structure and body) and 10% Petit Verdot ( colour, structure and tannins) and yields of about 35-40hl/ha are expected. Production stands at 200 000 bottles pa.
Fermentation, cold maceration malolactic fermentation take place in stainless steel tanks and then 12 months maturation in oak barrels with regular rackings producing a smooth silky red wine with great structure.
A deep ruby wine with garnet tints and garnet in the rim, aromas of black and red fruits along with vanilla and smoke, perfumed and elegant with black pepper and fruitcake. The texture is velvety and mouth coating, ripe tannins are rich and structural as is the well integrated alcohol and good acidity.Flavours of red and black fruit are enrobed in spice and elegant smoke, a wine to be savoured and may improve in bottle if kept for another few years. The long spicy finish has fruit and smoke edges and is delicate through and through.
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