CHÂTEAU MOULIN HAUT LAROQUE
2019 Fronsac
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Fronsac & Canon Fronsac |
| Village | Fronsac |
| ABV | 14% |
A rich, dense red with layers of ripe tannins and beautiful fruit. It’s full and flavorful. So balanced. Best ever? Rating: 93-94 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (May 2020)
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The 2019 Moulin Haut-Laroque is bold and sumptuous in the glass. Inky dark fruit, chocolate, sweet spice, licorice and new oak are all turned up. This flashy, extroverted Fronsac has a ton to offer. Drinking range: 2022 - 2031 Rating: 91 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Feb 2022)
The 2019 Moulin Haut-Laroque has a lovely nose of red cherries, licorice and mulberry fruit, all well defined and focused and the oak neatly integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fleshy and generous yet delivering sufficient tension on the finish. Good pedigree here. Drinking range: 2024 - 2038 Rating: 90 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Feb 2022)
This is juicy, full of subtle layers of chalky tannins and bright cassis and bilberry fruits. Clear undercurrent of minerality. 17 generations in Fronsac for the Hervé family here, using 100% new oak for ageing. Drinking range: 2023 - 2036 Rating: 92 Jane Anson, Decanter (Jan 2022)
Château Moulin Haut Laroque
The Château Moulin Haut Laroque vineyard has been producing wine since 1890. There are just over 16 hectares in production, on the plateaus and hillsides of Fronsac. It is planted between 5500 and 6700 vines per hectare, with 65% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% (100 year old) Malbec, with lots of old vines - and an average vine age of 55 years old. Jean-Noël Hervé has handed over to his son Thomas a vineyard at the top of its appellation, which, as Robert Parker has written 'seems never to disappoint'. The harvest is manual, picked into small crates for transport to the modern winery, with dual sorting tables and total de-stemming. The winery uses gravity - the only pumps ever used are peristaltic. The wine is aged for 18 months in barrel, with 35% new wood. The wine has a distinctive character of limestone soils, with a bracing structure and firm definition framing a fruit which concentrated and expressive. A tannic frame is part of what makes this wine such a joy to drink, especially with quite hearty food.
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