Country: France

Region: Bordeaux - Fronsac

Vintage: 2018

Cépage: Merlot (100%)

Size: 750 ml

Rating(s): 93 (RP); 94 (JD); 93 (JS)

" The 2018 Château Fontenil is a beautiful wine that readers will be happy to have in their cellar. Coming from the home estate of Michel and Danny Rolland in Fronsac, it offers a saturated ruby/purple hue as well as terrific Pomerol-like aromas and flavors of cassis, damp earth, violets, and cedary spice. Flawlessly balanced, medium-bodied, with background oak as well as chalky minerality, it's already hard to resist yet has another 10-15 years of prime drinking ahead of it. It's a hidden gem in the vintage."

Jeb Dunnuck (JD) - 03/21