st.emilion CHAEAU FONROCHE

2019 Fonroque, St-Emilion
SKU #157835294 points Jeb Dunnuck  Seriously good, the 2019 Château Fonroque shows the elegance and classic style of the vintage while bringing plenty of fruit and opulence. Giving up lots of mulled currants, spiced black cherries, cedar pencil, and Asian spices, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, beautifully integrated oak, and a great finish. I'd be thrilled with bottles in the cellar.   (4/2022)

92 points Jane Anson  Alain Moueix is a master of delivering tingling slate-strewn raspberry and redcurrant fruit flavours; and this is full of tension and poise. Gorgeous, with a lightness of touch. A yield of 40hl/ha.   (11/2021)

92 points James Suckling  Ripe and perfumed nose of baked blueberries, cassis, cherries, chocolate, licorice and sweet spices. It’s full-bodied with ripe, firm tannins. Fleshy and plush with plenty of ripe blue fruit. From organically grown grapes.   (2/2022)

92 points Wine Advocate  The 2019 Fonroque has turned out nicely, offering up aromas of blackberries, minty cassis, licorice and spices. Full-bodied, ample and enveloping, with a fleshy core of fruit, powdery tannins and lively acids, it's a rich, generous, demonstrative wine that remains nicely balanced. Part of Fonroque's biodynamically farmed holdings are located on Saint-Émilion's limestone plateau, and the rest on the slopes, with more clay and colluvium. (WK)   (4/2022)

92 points Vinous  The 2019 Fonroque is a rich, hedonistic wine bursting at the seams with super-ripe red cherry fruit, chocolate and sweet spice. Racy and voluptuous, this is one of the more full-throttle wines of the year. This is not a shy wine by any means. (AG)   (1/2022)