Chateau Cap de Faugeres Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux 2003 CS20231023 serious pear cider

serious pear cider

Light fruit

the southeastern corner of Sicily that sits at roughly the same latitude as North Africa: chalky limestone

50% Pinot Noir

stainless steel fermentation

Chateau Cap de Faugeres Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux 2003 CS20231023 serious pear ciderA fully mature Bordeaux from the famously hot 2003 vintage, now showing all the upside and none of the awkwardness that vintage was once known for. Cap de Faugres sits in Castillon, just east of Saint milion, on the same clay limestone slope It was made by the Guisez family, who owned the estate until 2005 before Silvio Denz acquired it (with Stephan von Neipperg's advice on the purchase). The 2003 was an opulent, dark, sumptuous wine on release, and