Rotweine
2022
75 cl
90-92
Antonio Galloni
Vinous
The 2022 Fonroque is laced with super-ripe red fruit, kirsch, blood orange and spice. Today, it comes across as quite exotic, with ripeness pushed to the edge, but the choice to use low sulfur in élevage could be adding to what comes across as a slightly oxidative character. 04/2023
89-91
Neal Martin
Vinous
The 2022 Fonroque offers baked cherries and cassis on the nose, a little too ripe. Very intense and missing a little delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweet and candied blueberry and black fruit opening. There's decent length, but it doesn't fully engage as much as others. I've admired what Alain Moueix has achieved at this property, but I wonder if there is just a soupçon of over-ripeness here? 04/2023
92-94
William Kelley
Robert Parker/Wine Advocate
The 2022 Fonroque wafts from the glass with sweet aromas of blackberries, cherries, licorice and petals, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy palate with vibrant acids, supple tannins and an intensely mineral finish. Farmed biodynamically for two decades under the direction of Alain Mouiex, this 17-hectare estate on the western extreme of Saint-Émilion's limestone plateau has gone from strength to strength in recent vintages. 04/2023
91-93+
Jeb Dunnuck
Jeb Dunnuck
The second vintage made in the new cellar, the 2022 Château Fonroque checks in as 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. It's a richer, medium to full-bodied, nicely concentrated Saint-Emilion offering plenty of plum and darker cherry fruit, a deep, layered mid-palate, ripe tannins, and complex notes of chocolate, violets, acacia flowers, and spice. Tasted twice with consistent notes. 05/2023
95
Jean-Marc Quarin
Jean-Marc Quarin
Couleur noire, intense. Nez intense, fin, fruité, profond. Minutieux en entrée de bouche, complet au milieu, avec un gras fin et beaucoup d'arômes de fruits noirs, le vin évolue velouté, sur des saveurs profondes et plein d'énergie. Pour autant, le tannin est particulièrement bien couvert. Une expression remarquable et différente à Saint-Emilion. Troublant ! Assemblage : 95 % merlot, 5 % cabernet franc. Rendement : 45 hl/ha. Vin bio et biodynamique. 04/2023
94-95
James Suckling
James Suckling
A tensioned red with blackberry, orange peel and dark chocolate character with fine and firm tannins. Precise and focused. Full-bodied yet polished and bright. Much better than in the past. From organically grown grapes. 04/2023