2020 | Château Péby Faugères | Grand Cru Classe

Description

Red Wine: 2020 | Château Péby Faugères | Grand Cru Classe

Soft and round with lots of blackberry and blueberry character. Some chocolate undertones.

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Producer: Château Péby Faugères

Ratings: WA | 96JS | 98

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 15.5%

Varietal: Merlot

Country/Region: France, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Soft and round with lots of blackberry and blueberry character. Some chocolate undertones.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2020 Péby Faugères sports a deep purple-black color and pronounced notes of blueberry preserves, plum pudding and Christmas cake, followed by hints of licorice, Indian spices and sandalwood with a waft of wild mushrooms. The full-bodied palate is jam-packed with concentrated black fruit preserves, framed by super firm, ripe, grainy tannins and tons of freshness, finishing very long and spicy. This wine has all the volume nobs turned to maximum—and it works! Definitely one for the hedonists, though.

• James Suckling: Soft and round with lots of blackberry and blueberry character. Some chocolate undertones. It’s full and flavorful with loads going on. Juicy finish. Very pretty polish and intensity. The tannin quality is really exceptional. It goes on and on.

Producer Information

Château Péby Faugères is a stand-alone vineyard in Saint-Émilion, located inside the larger Château Faugères property. The property – treated as distinct from Faugères – has been classified as a Grand Cru Classé since 2012, and is notable for its rich, opulent red wine made from Merlot. The 2005 vintage earned a 100-point rating from Robert Parker of The Wine Advocate in 2015. Until 1987, all the wine produced by Château Faugères was sold to a local negociant. In 1987, Pierre-Bernard (Péby) Guisez inherited the estate and began to focus on quality. In 1998, a wine was made from the best parcel of old vines in the vineyard to commemorate his passing. Today, Péby Faugères is considered to be the garage wine counterpart of Faugères. The Péby Faugères vineyard covers 7.5 hectares (18.5 acres) of clay-limestone soils and is planted entirely to Merlot. The wines are made at the modern winery that is shared with Faugères. After manual harvesting, the fruit is fermented partly in barrel and partly in wooden conical vats, and aged in new French oak barrels for 18 months. Around 12,000 bottles of the grand vin are released each year, and in some years the estate also makes a second wine, Le Merle de Péby Faugères. Since 2000, both Faugères and Péby Faugères have steadily grown in reputation. In 2005, both were purchased by Swiss businessman Silvio Denz, the owner of Lalique and a number of Bordeaux estates, including Sauternes’ Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey.