Cap de Faugeres, Bordeaux, France 2011, 750ml

Bought two of these recently & the first was superb. About to buy more but decided to open the other as a sense check & nowhere near as good. 3.25 rounded up as still ‘value’*. Conclusion: bottle variation. Med garnet. M+ aroma intensity w. cedar, tobacco, leather & sour black cherry (but not in a yummy Nebbiolo way, a grumpy over the hill Bordeaux way!) Fully developed. Dry. Slightly sour w. cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant, tobacco & earthy leather. M+ alc, m+ acid, m+ fine tannins & a sour m+ finish.

Andy B, vivino.com, July 2020