Ownership: Bruno Borie, owner of Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou. Chateau Fourcas-Borie was formerly known as Chateau Fourcas-Dumont.
Tasting note: Deep colour. The nose opens up on swirling to reveal ripe fruit and autumnal notes of undergrowth. Mouth coating, full with a noticeable yet refined tannic framework and nice length. An endearingly classic Listrac. (14-Dec-2009) [Gilbert & Gaillard]
Average Price of 750ml bottle, ex-tax in USD: $24
Search Rank 3918
Over all vintages, this was the
3918th most popular wine on Wine-Searcher last year.
Search rank last month: 4011th
| Critic | Score |
| CellarTracker | 89/100 (11 notes from 10 users ) |
| Gilbert & Gaillard | 89/100 |
| Award Organization | Award Year | Result |
| Le Guide Hachette des Vins | 2009 | Cit‰ |
| Concours de Bordeaux Vins d'Aquitaine | 2007 | Gold |
A Bordeaux Blend, at its most basic, is any combination of those grape varieties typically used to make the red wines of Bordeaux. The phrase, which seems to have originated with British wine merchants in the 19th Century, relates as much to wines made from the blend as to the grape-variety combination itself. Far from being an officially defined or legal term, it is almost never used for wine-labeling purposes (although it occasionally appears on back labels). Its equivalent in the United States is Meritage, which is not only legally defined, but also a registered trademark.
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Listrac-Medoc wine region
Listrac-Medoc is a red wine appellation of the Haut-Medoc district of Bordeaux. It takes its name from the parish of Listrac-Medoc, where grapes using the title must be grown.
The Listrac-Medoc appellation is the least prestigious of the Haut-Medoc titles, for a variety of reasons. Unlike Margaux or Pauillac, it is situated in an area of limestone and clay soils (rather than gravel and clay), and is a little further from the temperature-moderating influences of the Gironde estuary. The soils are also more shallow here than in surrounding areas, meaning ... more
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Haut-Medoc wine region
Haut-Medoc is the large southern section of the greater Medoc district of Bordeaux in south-western France and also the name of the appellation that covers the vineyards here. It accounts for two-thirds of the Medoc peninsula and produces more fine wine per acre than almost anywhere else in the world.
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