Château Fourcas Hosten 2019, Listrac-Médoc

Rich structure with coated tannins

A warm vintage, a dense and concentrated structure, a low yield, conjunction of three events in the vineyard: an early budbreak, two episodes of frost on April 13 and May 5 and 6 on 4.5 ha, a storm on June 10 in full bloom that will generate coulure. Then summer conditions settled from mid-June, with four episodes of rain (20mm each) until September. On our terroirs, vines experienced water stress, but no over-stress: even if the water did not always go very deep, the vine had it exactly at the moment it needed it, continuing to be fed, to produce small, very concentrated and very aromatic grapes. As a result, a perfect maturity reveals a charming and elegant profile.