Chateau Fourcas-Borie Listrac-Medoc Bordeaux Blend, 2016

France, (Listrac AOC)
68% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Petit Verdot
14%

The Fourcas-Borie vineyard dominates the tiny Listrac hamlets of Fourcas and Tris. Here, more than half the soil is composed of gravel on a clay base and the rest is clay-siliceous soils on a base of limestone. The soils add a mineral note to the rich fruit tastes and aromas, giving Fourcas-Borie a very special range of flavours.

TASTING NOTES: Quite floral with cassis and blueberry aromas developing in the glass. The palate is sweet on the entry with noticeable new oak at the moment, though that prudent 20% is totally in sync with the fruit. This is very sleek, silky to the touch with a slight graininess developing on the finish.

 

FOOD PAIRINGS:  Chanterelles, poultry and game, stews and confits, venison, and wild boar.