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Château Fonbadet Pauillac
Pauillac · France
Fact sheet
- Type
- Other
- Country
- France
- Region
- Pauillac
- Appellation
- Pauillac
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- high
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
carré de cordeiro · bife de costela · queijos maturados · coq au vin
Rated vintages
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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201493 pts
This Peyronie family cru bourgeois estate is one of the rare properties in Pauillac that is not a classified growth. That alone makes it a good value. The wine comes from vines close to Pichon Baron in the south of the appellation. This juicy black-currant flavored wine is still…
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201391 pts
Offering some of the few relatively good-value wines from Pauillac, this 50-acre property has made an impressive wine in this tough year. It is structured and dense although the black-currant fruitiness shows that it will develop quickly to be drinkable from 2020.
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2012
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2011
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201093 pts
This is a wine with great potential, benefiting from the Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend. Structured and powerful, it has solid tannins that mask the blackberry and currant flavors. It's for long-term aging, one of the few wines in Pauillac that is not a classified growth.