2015 Cap de Faugeres Côtes de Castillon

This super-Castillon emphasizes how infinitesimal the difference between Saint-Emilion and Côtes de Castillon can be. Cap de Faugères is made from grapes from a uniquely well-placed field in the very westernmost Côtes de Castillon. Roughly in the middle, the field is cut by the border with Saint-Emilion and the wine from the Saint-Emilion side is used for the Grand Cru wine, Château Faugerès. Both the Saint-Emilion and Côtes de Castillon are vinified at Château Faugères, and there is virtually no difference in the treatment of the two wines, which, for example, are both aged for a long time in predominantly new barrels. Cap de Faugeres is a generous wine that is indistinguishable in neither elegance nor complexity from the (far) more expensive wines from Saint-Emilion. Translated using AI.