| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > St Emilion |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
A 100% Merlot offering, the 2006 Faugeres Cuvee Speciale Peby comes from a southeast facing hillside site on limestone soils. It is one of the most concentrated wines of the vintage. Big and substantial with extraordinary intensity, abundant notes of graphite, blueberries, blackberry liqueur, and smoky oak, this dense, chewy 2006 requires plenty of cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2025.
Plummy and chocolaty, with a full body, medium chewy tannins and a long finish. Solid.
Notably dark blackish crimson. Very oaky - Mendoza Malbec surely?! Full and scented and very opulent with floral notes. A dramatic drink (if you wait for the dry tannins to fade) but not for you if you have a folk memory of traditional Saint-Émilion. Fades a bit on the finish.
Produced from the estate’s oldest vines (45 years), the 2006 Faugeres Cuvee Speciale Peby is a 1,000-case cuvee of 100% Merlot. Revealing a mint note reminiscent of California’s Heitz Martha’s Vineyard, along with plenty of creme de cassis, graphite, and pain grille, it is full-bodied, dense, moderately tannic, and impressively deep as well as pure. It requires 5-6 years of cellaring, and should last for two decades.
