Château Faugères – Saint-Émilion Grand Cru classé 2022

Château Faugéres comprises 42 hectares of homogeneous vineyards with prime terroir in the Saint-Émilion region. The vines extend across the plateau with Asterian limestone from the Lower Oligocene and across the south-southeast-facing slopes with limestone and clay-limestone molasse from the Upper Eocene and Oligocene.

The Grand Cru Classé de Saint-Émilion is a Bordeaux blend consisting of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. The tanks are filled by gravity, and cold maceration is carried out in wooden fermentation tanks with temperature control.
Fermentation and a gentle, three-week mash fermentation with malolactic fermentation, 50% in new barriques.