Château de Fontenille - Entre-deux-Mers 2022

Name: Château de Fontenille - Entre-deux-Mers 2022
Brand: Château de Fontenille
Rating: 3.5 (8 reviews)

Entre-deux-Mers|White wine

Bordeaux

White

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Drink

3.5/5 (8 customers)

2*Coup de Coeur

Hachette

89/100

RVF

15/20

Le Point

attractive

exotic fruits

oysters and seafood

discovery

"A fresh, gourmet dry white that's sure to please!

"Fruit galore, ripe apple, lychee and exotic fruit, amplitude and persistence: this fresh, gourmet wine makes you salivate and calls for another glass. Complete and nuanced, as is its blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Gris with Muscadelle and Semillon, it's sure to please. (Guide Hachette des Vins 2024) - Made from a predominantly Sauvignon blend, Château de Fontenille blanc carries a lively, intense lightness. A dry white wine that's perfect with a seafood platter or fish à la plancha.

Features

Estate

Château de Fontenille

Vintage

2022

Designation

Entre-deux-Mers

Region

Bordeaux

Grape varieties

50% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Sauvignon Gris, 20% Muscadelle, 10% Sémillon

Terroirs

Clayey-siliceous soils with gravel (25-year-old vines)

Viticulture

In conversion to organic farming

Harvest

At optimum maturity

Winemaking

Skin maceration from 10 to 24 hours, fermentation at low temperature 16°C

Breeding

On fine lees

Alcohol content

13%

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Light golden yellow colour

Nose

Clean nose with notes of citrus fruit and white peaches.

Mouth

Lively, full-bodied attack, well-balanced, nicely fat, with a long, slightly peppery finish.

Serve

AT 9-11°C

Open

1/2 hour before

Drink from

2023

Drink before

2026

Production

Approx. 80,000 bottles

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with seafood, sushi, paella, goat's cheese...

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Expert opinion

Guide Hachette des vins

Wine rated (guide 2024) 2*Coup de Coeur (Outstanding wine)

Domain rated (guide 2023) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the wine:

Fruit galore, ripe apple, lychee and exotic fruit, amplitude and persistence: this fresh, mouthwatering wine begs for another glass. As complete and nuanced as its blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Gris with Muscadelle and Semillon, it's sure to please.

About the domain :

In 1290, the Fontenille site in the Entre-deux-Mers region was already planted with vines. Then part of the Sauve-Majeure abbey, this estate with its siliceous-clay terroir became independent in the 17th century. Since 1998, it has been run by Stéphane Defraine, who heads 56 ha of vines, including 20 white and 36 red, currently undergoing organic conversion.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Wine rated (2023 guide) 89/100

About the wine:

A Bordeaux blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Gris, Muscadelle and Semillon in this deliciously full-bodied white. More body than the average wine in this sector. Seductively exotic allongevity.

Le Point

Wine rated 15/ 20

About the wine:

Orange blossom, white fruit, full-bodied, harmonious and long on the palate.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

3.5/5

on 8 reviews