Chateau Fontenil (1.5 Liter Magnum) 2010

  • 92 James
    Suckling
  • 91 Wine
    Spectator
  • 91 Robert
    Parker
  • 90 Wine
    Enthusiast
Sold Out - was $54.99
OFFER Take $20 off your order of $100+
Ships Thu, Apr 4
0
Limit Reached
Alert me about new vintages and availability
Chateau Fontenil (1.5 Liter Magnum) 2010 Front Label
Chateau Fontenil (1.5 Liter Magnum) 2010 Front Label

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2010

Size
1500ML

ABV
14.5%

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Professional Ratings

  • 92
    This is rich and round with a juicy, savory palate of crushed berries. Minerals too. Full body, with velvety tannins and a delicious finish. So delicious now but better in 2016.
  • 91
    Fresh and racy, with a very direct beam of black cherry and red currant fruit, gently laced with tobacco and sage hints that glide through the inviting finish. Not as grippy as the best, but shows lovely purity and balance, with deceptive length. Best from 2015 through 2023.
  • 91
    The 2010 Fontenil displays loads of crushed rock and floral notes intermixed with raspberries, red currants and some darker fruits such as blueberries. It is medium to full-bodied, with relatively soft tannins but good acidity, ripeness and focus.
  • 90
    Perfumed, light, hinting at minerality, the wine has a smooth veneer over the dusty tannins. The final effect is rich and polished.
    Barrel Sample: 88-90 Points

Other Vintages

2022
  • 94 James
    Suckling
  • 94 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 92 Decanter
2021
  • 92 James
    Suckling
  • 91 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 90 Decanter
  • 90 Robert
    Parker
2020
  • 94 Robert
    Parker
  • 93 Vinous
  • 93 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 90 Decanter
2019
  • 94 Robert
    Parker
  • 93 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 92 James
    Suckling
  • 90 Decanter
2018
  • 94 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 93 Wine
    Spectator
  • 93 Robert
    Parker
  • 93 James
    Suckling
2016
  • 93 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Wine
    Spectator
  • 91 Robert
    Parker
  • 90 Jeb
    Dunnuck
2009
  • 92 Robert
    Parker
  • 92 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 91 Wine
    Spectator
  • 91 James
    Suckling
2005
  • 91 Wine
    Spectator
  • 90 Robert
    Parker
2000
  • 94 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 91 Wine
    Spectator
1998
  • 94 Wine
    Spectator
Chateau Fontenil

Chateau Fontenil

View all products
Chateau Fontenil, France
Chateau Fontenil Winery Image
Dany and Michel Rolland are the heirs to a solid family wine tradition. Both have degrees in oenology from the University of Bordeaux, and they know the Fronsac appellation well. Having been consultants to numerous estates in the region, they decided to set up there and make wine.

In 1986, they acquired a few hectares in the commune of Saillans, which they called chateau Fontenil, after the name of one of the plots in the vineyard. The renovation work on the installations lasted until 1999; the vinification cellars, the barrel cellar and the storage cellar were all equipped with high-performance material.

Perfectly organized, tradition remains alongside new technologies: small stainless steel and wooden vats, double sorting table, barrel stock of which 60% are renewed each year and where malolactic fermentation is carried out – yield control from pruning the vines until green harvesting- sustainable viticulture, manual harvesting plot by plot using small crates.

The vines are on a slope with a southerly aspect, looking down on the river isle – a tributary of the Dordogne – and the town of Lilbourn. This magnificent setting frames an estate whose wines are among those which have enhanced the reputation of the Fronsac appellation.

Image for Bordeaux Blends content section
View all products

One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.

Image for Fronsac Wine Bordeaux, France content section

Fronsac Wine

Bordeaux, France

View all products

Home of the very first remarkable Right Bank wines, dating back to the 1730s, Fronsac and Canon-Fronsac actually retained more fame than Pomerol well into the 19th century. Today these wines represent some of Bordeaux’s best hidden gems.

Fronsac is a very small region at an unusually high elevation compared to other Bordeaux appellations. Its vineyards unroll along the oak-dotted hills bordering the river’s edge, making it perhaps Bordeaux’s prettiest and most majestic countryside.

Merlot covers 60% of the vineyard acreage; the rest of the vines are Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. The Fronsac and Canon-Fronsac appellations are limited to the higher land where soils are predominantly limestone and sandstone. Lower vineyards along the Dordogne River mainly qualify for Bordeaux AOC status

The best Fronsac are deeply concentrated in ripe red and black berry; they have a solid mineral backbone and are rich and plush on the finish.

BAL161879_2010 Item# 161879

Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
Please use a different browser like Edge, Chrome or Firefox to enjoy all that Wine.com has to offer.

It's easy to make the switch.
Enjoy better browsing and increased security.

Yes, Update Now

Search for ""