Chateau Magrez Fombrauge, Saint-Emilion

Very deep, dark, plush, complex, seemingly artistic with wafts of earth, anise, and dark fruit coming together for a lasting finish. Still a lot of vibrancy and will have for a good time to come. Improved dramatically over the evening, would benefit from a long decant prior.

This is a wonderful St. Emilion with a gorgeous ruby color. Just a little more fruit than most of its contemporaries which I love, complex, elegant, great structure, and fine finish.

Beautiful Dark ruby color, licorice on the nose. 2 hour decant and this blossomed into an incredible, bold and complex black fruit with cherry overtone. Leather and mushrooms in the core. Wonderful long finish with some mineral. Great with steak.

Very good - bordering onto secondaries, should go a long time. Has the structure and fruit needed to be a standout.

Showing maturity in the color, the wine is all about its truffle, smoke, earth, licorice, black plum and thyme infused character. Dense, rich and supple, the wine is full bodied, leaving you with cherries, plum and spicy sensations.

Bordeaux tasting (Trapezaria restaurant) : Clear, deep purple color. Clean, medium intensity, fully developed in the nose showing the classic old red Bordeaux decadence, fully riped fruit, sweet/vanilla scented oak, redcurrant, tobacco, smoke, creme de cassis, leather and chocolate. The wine is dry, medium body, medium intensity, high alcohol (15%), medium acidity, tannisn dissolved, high alcohol impact, lacking intensity in the mouth, chocolate spiced, black pepper, medium finish. Outstanding quality, ultra premium price (would retail at 250 euros) , drink …

Took to dinner at a local restaurant and served with a very nice puligny montrachet. Not as good as previous bottles; with a very nice nose, but more noticeable tannin in the finish. Served with medallions of beef tenderloin.

Double decanted about an hour before serving at a local restaturant. Served with 1982 La Lagune and 1989 Rausan Segla. Full fruit, soft round texture and flavors of casis with good length. Paled a bit in comparision with the other 2 Bordeaux and tasted almost like a cross between a Bordeaux and California Cab due to the texture and fruit. While a very nice wine, lacks a strong sense of place. Still, ready to drink and should be around for …

Double decanted about 2 hours before serving. Served with marinated, grilled dove. Dark purple almost black color, slight ruby on the edge. Nose of casis, leather, spices and minerals, with a full mouthfeel, noticeable tanins in the midrange and rather long finish, with casis and spices persisting into the final flavors. Very nice wine. Strongly recommended. Wine made from about a 2 acre portion of the Fombrauge vineyard planed in merlot (80%) and cabernet franc.

Licorice, stone, blackberry jam and cocoa scents, full bodied and concentrated with ripe fruit, this tannic wine has broad shoulders and demands cellaring before it begins to come together. Give it another 5 years of sleep to develop.

Ripe, forward and polished. Tight and rather unexpressive and outclassed by the 2000 Pape Clement which was drinking beautifully (and more of a classic bordeaux, even if it isn't particularly that when compared to its peers)

Spicy, delightfully musty nose. Very light licorice notes, very muscular texture, very balanced tannins, strong pencil lead, cassis, wonderful creamy finish that lingers pleasantly for 35 seconds.