Fonplegade Vintage:2016 they do offer good backend

they do offer good backend punch on the lingering if somewhat lean finish

This is a towering effort from Angelo Gaja

spicy red berries

anise and the sauvage adding breadth to the ripe dark currant scents

perhaps because of the extraction and/or cooperage

Fonplegade Vintage:2016 they do offer good backendA touch tight and even reduced at first, it takes a moment to clear to reveal dense layers of black fruits, graphite and bristling tannins. Concentrated and intense, clearly a reflection of the impressive structural clout of this particular vintage, not huge amounts of charm even at 10 years old needs longer, wait at least another two years. 85% new oak.