2 fl. Ch. Franc-Baudron, Montagne St Émilion, økologisk 2014

(total price for 2) 88p / Falstaff., silver medal Millesimé BIO, * / Guide Hachette. Set in Bilka for 159.95 / fl (you get 2 fl.!).
Charles Forey, longtime head of culture at Marcel Deiss in Alsace, leads the castle with owner (and wife) Sophie Guimberteau, great-grandson of Guimberteau, who founded the vineyard in 1923. The castle has 32 acres in several plots in the area between Lalande Pomerol and St Émilion.
80% merlot, 20% cabernet-franc, old vines, walks on clay / lime slope and plateau. Certified organic farming. Low yield, long maceration followed by storage 12 months in small oak barrels, new as well as old.
A very nice 2014, which is about to open now, rich bouquet of black currants and blackberries, solid fullness, but rounded tannins. Nice now after 7 years, but probably better in 2-3 years and quite durable. The bottles are the number.
Om 2014: "Née de Merlot (80%) et de Cabernet Franc, tette cuvée séduit dès le premier regard mit sa brillante tenue cerise. Au nez, complexe, les aromas se Bousculent: cassis, mûre, griotte, prune, clou de girofle … Aromas that one finds in a palace attacking, round and charming, steeped in tender and foundation tannins that make this wine strong. 1 star "-Guide Hachette.
About the castle: https://www.chateau-franc-baudron.com/revue-de-presse/