Cote de Fonroque St.-Emilion Grand Cru AOC 2016 vin-de-pays-du-val-de-loire with a delightful and thrilling

with a delightful and thrilling finish

The fruit was picked by hand and fermented spontaneously in open-top vessels with 80% whole bunches

Match food: chicken or turkey

savoury and floral than the wines above

Le Clos de Beaujeu is the source of some of the Domaine's most structured wines (it's no surprise that Delaporte still farms some Pinot Noir here)

Cote de Fonroque St.-Emilion Grand Cru AOC 2016 vin-de-pays-du-val-de-loire with a delightful and thrillingChteau Fonroque is the Saint Emilion cradle of the Moueix family, acquired by Jean and Adle, great grandparents of Alain Moueix, operator of this beautiful wine property. Second son of a family of small farmers from Haute Corrze, Jean Moueix "moved" to Paris in the 1920s, where he successively opened with his wife Adle, one, then several dairy products businesses. A few years later, they bought Chteau Fonroque where they settled permanently. The