Meza Wine Club: May 2025
Discovery Red / Red
Wine 1: Chateau Lafont Fourcat Bordeaux 2019
Château Lafont Fourcat is located in the Entre-Deux-Mers region, near the village of Castillon la Bataille and not far from Saint-Émilion. In 1993 the Chateau was acquired by Paul-Marie Morillon, who is also a consultant for Châteaux Ausone, Mondotte, and Yquem. The wines of Lafont Fourcat are produced with the help of Bordeaux's celebrated winemaker, Jean-Luc Thunevin, founder of highly sought-after Chateau Valandraud. These Bordeaux icons have joined forces to craft one of the best Bordeaux value wines.
With Jean-Luc Thunevin of Saint-Émilion Château Valandraud as consultant, this wine has richness, with plenty of spice and generous black-plum fruits.
Tasting Notes: violets, graphite, dark fruit, plum, spice
Pair with:roast, pork tenderloin
Wine 2: Cantina Di Ruvo di Puglia, GRIFO castel del Monte
A Wine Cooperative of the Land Reform of Ruvo di Puglia boasts of products created in full respect of tradition and quality that lasts for centuries. Wines well-known and appreciated even beyond the national borders, for their exquisite and refined taste, the result of rigorous quality controls carried out at all stages of production, from the cultivation of the vines to the bottling of the wine.
A quality repeatedly awarded by prestigious official recognitions.
That’s why the products of the Grifo winery are now part, with full appellation, of the highest Apulian wine aristocracy, the best expression of the ancient culture of drinking that has its roots in the history of the region.
Tasting Notes: dark fruit fig, plum, blackberry, bitter chocolate notes
Pair With: rustic pasta dishes, grilled meats
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