Chateau Cap de Faugeres Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux 2003 web-unpublished and finishes with a mineral

and finishes with a mineral snap

with Nebbiolo's unmistakable signature -- rose petal

and 2003 captured the chateau in a particularly sumptuous register

The grapes get Brad Friedman's signature low-intervention treatment

This quintessential pilsner will refresh and revitalize

Chateau Cap de Faugeres Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux 2003 web-unpublished and finishes with a mineralA fully mature Bordeaux from the famously hot 2003 vintage, now showing all the upside and none of the awkwardness that vintage was once known for. Cap de Faugres sits in Castillon, just east of Saint milion, on the same clay limestone slope It was made by the Guisez family, who owned the estate until 2005 before Silvio Denz acquired it (with Stephan von Neipperg's advice on the purchase). The 2003 was an opulent, dark, sumptuous wine on release, and