Red wine

Château Fourcas Dupré, Cru Bourgeois Superieur 2019

RRP Not yet released

Nose is lively with spicy tobacco and floral notes but holds back on the fruit. Palate yields cherry, graphite and tea leaves, with any sense of flesh quickly yielding to chewy, forthright tannins and tart acidity that claws its way to the fore.

Wine Details

Colour

Red

Wine Style

Still

Grape Varieties

Cabernet Sauvignon (66%), Merlot (33%), Petit Verdot (1%)

Alcohol

13.5%

Bottle size

75cl

Origin

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-region

Médoc & Haut Médoc

Area

Listrac-Médoc AOP

Tasting Information

Name of Tasting

Bordeaux En Primeur 2019

Type of Tasting

Tasting feature

Blind

No

Tasted by

Sarah Heller MW

UK Stockist

Widely available

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