Château Fontenil Le Défi de Fontenil 2005 Spirit

Château Fontenil Le Défi de Fontenil 2005 SpiritFull bodied and chewy, with lots of new wood. Concentrated but velvety. A selection of the old vines from Fontenil, covering a single hectare.

white pepper and baking spices exhibiting flavours of black currant and dark cherry

This wine is tonic and well-balanced

spicy black berry fruit

with an intense mineral aftertaste

it requires time to be discovered in all its aspects

Large volume in the mouth providing mellow sensations that last thanks to its fruitiness amplitude

persistence

yet bright and thrilling with a thrust of taut berry flavours

Taken together

The color is pale straw with light yellow hues

the fresh orange subtext lingering both bitter and sweet

very long which evolves from the initial sweet note into a persistent slightly tannic bitterness with spicy hints