Château de Fonbel 2014/2015, St Emilion Grand Cru34. 95 per bottle 2015 vintage ABV 13% Grapes: Merlot (85%), Cabernet Sauvignon (10%) and Petit Verdot (5%) A superb and relatively unknown treasure, owned by the Vauthier family of Chateau Ausone fame. The 19 hectares of Chateau de Fonbel vineyard sit on the sandy gravel soils immediately below the slopes of Chateau Ausone and support predominently Merlot and some Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Region St Emilion and Pomerol sit next to each

In 1980 at the age of 28 he was made a director

Ideal with lamb

The 2008 isn't a huge or obvious Tignanello

6 bottles - Selladore Rosé

A light toastiness adds complexity

Macerations lasted for a maximum of 5 weeks and during that period we did gentle manual punch downs to extract enough compounds from skins to get the desired structure and concentration

using techniques to ensure the highest quality by picking and destemming the grapes and using optical sorting technology to make sure each individual grape is the best

It has everything in the right place

black chocolate shavings

Oak notes of vanilla and cinnamon are beginning to show their first signs of mellow integration

mineral and very precise wines which reflect the particular terroirs of Chablis

Indian curries and great with hard cheeses