magrez fombrauge

MAGREZ FOMBRAUGE
SAINT ÉMILION GRAND CRU
This vineyard is located on the Niord archaeological site dating back to the Vth century B.C, where a remarkably well-preserved skeleton over 2,500 years old was found.
This skeleton will be exhibited in Château Fombrauge, a nearby estate also
belonging to Bernard Magrez.
WINE ESTATE OWNER
Location: Saint-Etienne de Lisse, next to Saint-Émilion.
Area under vine: 2.4 hectares.
Wine grape variety: 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc.
Age of vines: 30 years.
Vine density: 6,500 vines per hectare.
Terroir: Vines are planted partly on a slopes made up of Fronsac molasses and
fine compact rendosol. The other part consists of fine calcisol on deep layer of
asteriated limestone.
Viticulture: Traditional Bordeaux pruning with two canes. Total green cover.
Leaf thinning on both sides. Green harvesting.
Winemaking: The grapes from each separate plot are hand-picked into small
crates, manually destemmed, and put into small, wooden vats by gravity flow.
Manual punching down of the cap. The wine is run off using gravity flow into
new French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and 18-20 months ageing.
Yield: 15 to 20 hectolitres per hectare.
Vintage 2002
Vintage 2003
Vintage 2004
Vintage 2005
Detail of tasting notes and medals in the back
Bernard Magrez Grands Vignobles - E-Mail : [email protected] - www.bernard-magrez.com
MAGREZ FOMBRAUGE
SAINT-ÉMILION GRAND CRU
WINE ESTATE OWNER
Tasting Notes
&
Awards
Vintage 2002 :
Bronze Medal by Decanter
Rated 90/100 by Robert Parker
Rated 91/100 by Wine Spectator
Rated 88-92/100 by Stephen Tanzer
** by le Guide Hachette 2006
Rated 17/20 by le Guide de La Revue
des Vins de France 2007
Vintage 2003 :
Bronze Medal at the International
Wine Challenge 2006
Rated 94/100 by Robert Parker
Rated 92/100 by Wine Spectator
Rated 8,5/10 by Bettane & Desseauve
Rated 90/100 by Stephen Tanzer
***** Cité parmi les Ténors de l’année
by le Guide Hubert
**** Revue du Vin de France
Vintage 2004 :
Silver Medal at the Concours de Paris
2005
Bronze Medal at the Japan Wine
Challenge 2008
Rated 90-92/100 by Robert Parker
Rated 92-94/100 by Wine Spectator
Rated 88-91/100 by Stephen Tanzer
Rated 14.5/20 by Bettane &
Desseauve Grand Guide des Vins de
France 2008
Rated 16/20 by Les meilleurs vins de
France
*** Decanter
**** Revue du Vin de France
Rated 16/20 et * by la RVF - Les
meilleurs vins de France 2009
Vintage 2005 :
Bronze Medal by 2008 World’s Best
Wine Magazine - DECANTER
Rated 95/100 by Robert Parker
Rated 15.5/20 by Jancis Robinson Fev 2009
Cité dans les 52 vins du Vintage
Rated 89-91/100 by StephenTanzer
Rated 14/20 by Le Grand Guide
des Vins de France 2009 Bettane &
Desseauve
Rated 17/20 by le Guide de La Revue
des Vins de France 2007
Rated 92-94/100 by Wine Spectator
2007
Rated 16/20, Cotation 3,5-3 : excellent by Gault & Millau - Vin 2009,
nos 6400 meilleurs vins de France
** Guide Hachette des vins 2007
*** RVF Juin 2006
Rated 16.5/20 et * by la RVF - Les
meilleurs vins de France 2009
Vintage 2006 :
Rated 92/100 by Robert Parker
Rated 17/20 by Bettane & Desseauve
Rated 17/20 by René Gabriel
Rated 17/20 by le Guide de La Revue
des Vins de France 2008
Rated 89/100 by le Grand Jury
Européen
Rated 89-91/100 by Stephen Tanzer Int wine cellar may/June 2007
Rated 16.5/20, Cotation 3,5-3 : excellent by Gault & Millau - Vin 2009,
nos 6400 meilleurs vins de France
Rated 17/20 et * by la RVF - Les
meilleurs vins de France 2009
Vintage 2007 :
Rated 88-90/100 by Robert Parker
Rated 16/20 by Jancis Robinson
Rated 14-15/20 by la Revue des Vins
de France 2008
Rated 15-16/20 by Bettane et
Desseauve 2008
Classé «Très bon» by Vino Magazine
Juin Juillet 2008
Rated 14.5/20 et * by la RVF - Les
meilleurs vins de France 2009
Vintage 2008 (Primeurs) :
Rated 92-94+/100 by Robert Parker 2009
Rated 88-91/100 by James Suckling Avril 2009
Rated 18/20 by René Gabriel - 2009
Rated 17-18/20 by RVF - 2009
Rated 16.5/20 by Bettane & Desseauve
Rated 15.5/20 by Bernard Burtschy 2009
Bernard Magrez Grands Vignobles - E-Mail : [email protected] - www.bernard-magrez.com