Château Magrez Fombrauge 2004
Château Magrez Fombrauge 2004 is a Saint-Émilion red wine produced by Château Magrez Fombrauge and classified as a Grand Cru Classé of Saint-Émilion. It combines Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The Wine Advocate awards it 91/100, describing it as a full-bodied and concentrated wine with notes of graphite, cassis, sweet cherry, and vanilla, possessing richness and depth. The publication recommended drinking between 2007 and 2022. Jancis Robinson rated it 14.5/20, with a drinking window of 2015-2017.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint Emilion
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Magrez Fombrauge
- Millésime
- 2004
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Château Magrez Fombrauge
Château Magrez-Fombrauge is a small estate in the Saint-Émilion region, owned by Bernard Magrez. It produces a Saint-Émilion Grand Cru red wine in very limited quantities, made from Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The name originally referred to a cuvée produced at Château Fombrauge before becoming a separate wine-producing estate.
- Owner
- Bernard Magrez
- Maître de chais
- Gérald Martinez
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 4 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The name Magrez-Fombrauge first appeared as the name of a single-vineyard cuvée associated with Château Fombrauge, a property acquired by Bernard Magrez in 1999. According to historical sources on Fombrauge, the first vintage of this cuvée was produced in 2002. At that time, it was sourced from a small plot situated on the archaeological site of Niord, in Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse. In 2011, the brand officially became Château Magrez-Fombrauge, with its own separate winemaking facility, distinct from Château Fombrauge. *La Revue du vin de France* described it at the time as a micro-vineyard that did not purchase grapes, with an annual production of around 4,000 bottles. Bernard Magrez remains the owner. Recent technical information published by Bordeaux Tradition states that Gérald Martinez is in charge of the winery, as part of a team that includes, notably, Frédéric Chabaneau as vineyard manager and Olivier Desmond as estate manager.
