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Chateau Fonbadet History, Overview

Chateau Fonbadet was created by the early 1800’s. Like many estates, Chateau Fonbadet found the inspiration for its name from its geographical surroundings. The Fon comes from fountain and the badet is from little valley. Fonbadet can be translated into fountain of the little valley. Chateau Fonbadet has been owned by the Peyronie family for 4 generations. The patriarch of the Peyronie family, Pierre Peyronie, was the manager of Chateau Lafite Rothschild at the time he took over Chateau Fonbadet. The Peyrone family have a long history in the Pauillac appellation.

In fact, they can trace their roots in the Medoc all the way back to the 1700’s. During the mid 1800’s, Fonbadet was owned by the Clarke family, who gave their name to Chateau Clarke, which is now owned by the Rothschild family. Close to the end of the 1800’s, the Larose family, that owned Chateau Gruaud Larose in St. Julien owned Chateau Fonbadet as well.

Chateau Fonbadet Vineyards, Terroir, Grapes , Winemaking

Chateau Fonbadet is located off the D2, in walking distance from Chateau Lynch Bages and just a bit further up from Chateau Pichon Lalande . The 20 hectare Left Bank vineyard of Chateau Fonbadet is planted to 60% Cabernet Sauvignon , 20% Merlot , 15% Cabernet Franc , 2.5% Petit Verdot and 2.5% Malbec . The terroir is gravel and sand soils. The vines are old, with many vines at more than 50 years of age. The vineyard is planted to a vine density of 10,000 vines per hectare. The vineyards are scattered in different sectors in the Pauillac appellation, with some of their vines planted in the north end of Pauillac close to Mouton Rothschild . They also have vines planted further inland, close to Chateau Lynch Bages. They also have vineyards placed closer to the southern tip of the Pauillac appellation too.

To produce the wine of Chateau Fonbadet, vinification takes place in traditional, concrete vats. Malolactic fermentation takes place in tank. The wine is aged in 30%, new, French oak barrels for close to 18 months. On average, close to 7,000 cases of Chateau Fonbadet are produced each year. There is a second wine , L’Harmonie de Fonbadet.

The Peyronie family owns several other small estates in the Pauillac appellation including Haut Pauillac, Padarnac, Montgrand Milon, Tour du Milon and Chateau Pauillac. Starting with the 2015 vintage, the estate began focusing their attention on Chateau Pauillac.

Chateau Pauillac comes from vines located in Saint-Lambert, in the far south of the Pauillac appellation. Pichon Baron and Chateau Latour also also have vines there. In 2014, Pascale Peyronie brought in Michel Rolland as their consultant to work with not only Chateau Fonbadet, but also Chateau Pauillac. Chateau Pauillac comes from a 2 hectare parcel of vines that is divided into 2 blocks. The larger parcel is in St. Lambert. The smaller parcel is in the north west of Pauillac on the Milon plateau. Due to the cooler terroir and more clay in the soils, they use that for their Merlot. The wine is vinified using micro-vinification techniques, meaning that the grapes were fermented entirely in barrel. The wine is aged in 100% new, French oak barrels. The production is quite small, as there are not much more than 300 cases being produced here each year, from a blend that is close to 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot.

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