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Selection cellar Maison des Millésimes Paris
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Description
Château Fonplégade's name (literally "fountain of plenty") was derived from the historic 13th century stone fountain that graces the estate's vineyard. It quenched the thirst of passing pilgrims for hundreds of years, and continues to provide sustenance to the estate's vines in the driest vintages.
Our grapes are handled in the gentlest way possible. We ferment the wines using native yeasts, separating the vineyard's individual blocks into numerous small lots to preserve their distinctive character. To foster complexity, we employ a combination of new and 1-year-old French oak barrels, along with a half-dozen egg-shaped concrete tanks, which facilitate a pure expression of Château Fonplégade's terroir. This combination of ancient and contemporary methods helps us realize our collective vision to create refined, radiant wines that speak of this special site.
We received our organic farming certification in 2013, after a rigorous three-year evaluation process, and the result inspired us to seek biodynamic certification that we obtained in 2020. With the guidance of our esteemed consultant Corinne Comme, we are taking our farming practices to the highest level. By practicing biodiversity on our estate and taking a holistic approach to farming, we are working together to elevate the quality of our wines to its greatest heights. To this end, our estate provides a hospitable home not only to grapevines, but to sheep, chickens and honey bees.
Grapevines have thrived at this exceptional site, perched on the limestone plateau that is home to Saint-Emilion's finest vineyards, since the late 1500s. In 1852, legendary wine merchant Jean-Pierre Beylot purchased the estate and built the elegant château that still stands on the property. Enchanted by the terroir, history and grandeur of the estate, with its ancient Roman pathways and graceful vine rows, Denise and Stephen Adams acquired Château Fonplégade in 2004 and spent 17 years tirelessly revitalizing the vineyards, renovating the cellar and lovingly restoring the château.
Château Fonplégade represents the purest and most typical expression of our terroir. Enriched with a mosaic of ideal soils and a wonderful diversity of geology and geography, our vineyard is divided into 27 parcels on 45.5 acres. These hand-farmed blocks comprise the artist's palette of our terroir, providing a wealth of flavor components for the development of our wines.
With an impeccable balance between fruit, complexity and aromatic length, this wine is characterized by a sophisticated minerality, consistent from year to year, with soft and supple tannins and a velvety texture. It is made from the estate's oldest vines, meticulously hand-farmed using organic and biodynamic practices to bring out the finest quality in each cluster. Predominantly Merlot, the blend includes just enough Cabernet Franc to imbue the wine with an elegant tannic structure.
Château Fonplégade is aged 16-20 months in 50% new French oak barrels, 30% in 1-year-old French oak barrels, 10% in egg-shaped concrete vessels and 10% in amphoras.
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Cancellation policy : Strict
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The Maison des Millésimes is a historic wine merchant in the heart of Saint Germain with a sharp selection of wines mainly from Burgundy, Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley. The winery is also known for its depth of vintages and many customers cross Paris (or even more) to come and find some rare vintages for their birthday gifts and / or have fun on old vintages. See less
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