Faugères - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2020

La Revue du Vin de France

91-93 / 100

the6/7/2021

Laissons de côté le nez qui ne révèle pas grand-chose pour nous occuper d’une bouche au fruit séveux, juteux, gourmande, enrobée de finesse, à la délicatesse de tanins et à la finale vibrante.

Jeb DUNNUCK

93-95 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/28/2021

Lots of mulled cherries, blueberries, iron, and bouquet garni emerge from the 2020 Château Faugeres, a rich, focused, yet fruit-loaded barrel sample that has a good sense of purity and elegance. I was able to taste two bottles, both showing medium to full-bodied richness, with one having slightly more precision. Both showed great mid-palates, and this is certainly a beautiful wine in the making. Two to four years should do it well and it’s going to have two decades of longevity.

Tastingbook.com

94 / 100

byMarkus Del Monegothe5/28/2021

Intense purple colour with violet hue and black core. Opulent and aromatic nose reminiscent of blackberries, crème de cassis, with strawberries, mild spices and dark chocolate. On the palate rich yet elegant character with good tension, well balanced wth a juicy fruit, ripe tannins and elegant acidity. Fruit lingering in the aftertaste, convincing length and aromatic depth.  

Vinous

91-93 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/27/2021

The 2020 Faugeres offers ripe black plum and boysenberry fruit on the nose, which is extravagant and verging on ostentatious, though somehow it maintains focus and delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with red cherries, boysenberry, cola and light allspice notes on the entry. Well balanced with impressive depth toward the fleshy finish, leaving a lick of dark chocolate on the aftertaste. This is a fine Faugeres that should be afforded 4–5 years in bottle.

Decanter.com

91 / 100

byJane Ansonthe5/25/2021

Always a concentrated wine and with low 23hl/ha yields it is expectedly so. This translates as intense charred oak on the nose, but they have done a good job of balancing it with ripe berry fruit alongside liquorice and black chocolate. Sleek and confident with clear depth. Another wine that shows the success of Cabernet Sauvignon in the right places of St-Emilion.

The Wine Cellar Insider

93-95 / 100

byJeff Levethe5/21/2021

Dark in color, the black cherry, flower, licorice, plum liqueur and espresso nose jumps out in front. On the palate, the wine is opulent, rich, full-bodied, deep and concentrated. The perfectly ripe fruit is dark, opulent and polished with velvety textures, length and volume on the mid-palate and finish. 93-95

Wine Advocate

91-93 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/20/2021

Deep purple-black colored, the 2020 Faugères stampedes out of the glass with a herd of powerful black fruit notes: blackberry pie, baked black plums and ripe, juicy black cherries, plus hints of wild mushrooms, damp soil, tar and star anise with a waft of tobacco. The full-bodied palate is chock-full of black fruit preserves, framed by ripe, rounded tannins and oodles of freshness, finishing long and earthy.

Bernard Burtschy

94-95 / 100

byBernard Burtschythe5/10/2021

Falstaff

92-94 / 100

the5/10/2021

Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarter Ockerrand. Fruchtig, reife Pflaumen, frische schwarze Kirschen, etwas Nougat, einladendes Bukett. Saftig, süße Waldbeerfrucht, frisch strukturiert, präsente Tannine, mineralisch im Abgang, zitronig-salzig im Rückgeschmack, gutes Entwicklungspotenzial.

My Bettane + Desseauve

88-89 / 100

by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/7/2021

Jamessuckling.com

94-95 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe4/23/2021

A ripe, rich red that delivers loads of crushed-berry, chocolate and walnut character, as well as fine tannins through the center palate. Layered texture.