A rising fame for Chateau Fourcas Dupre in China!
Last year, in China, a red wine called “Chateau Fourcas Dupre” has been very popular. Coming straight from the AOC LISTRAC MEDOC area this wine is of “Cru Classe” quality, one of the French top ranking qualities when it comes to wines.
A wine well received by Chinese!
This wine has a strong bouquet and beautiful colour.The Chateau Fourcas Dupre main grape varieties are Cabernet Xia, Merlot grapes accounting for 70% of the ingredients. In addition there are some Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. These give this wine a fruity aroma and mellow taste, Medoc typical style. It is the result of Fourcas Dupre good interpretation of the harmony between rich fruit and mineral.
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Chateau Fourcas Dupre originated from the 18th century, and is the flagship of the AOC LISTRAC MEDOC . Chateau Fourcas Dupre’s first owner was a lawyer, Mr.Roullet. Therefore, the wine first name was “Cru Roullet” until 1843 where it changed its name into Fourcas Dupretaken from the domain name.
In today’s renowned wine ratings, there is no Chateau Fourcas Dupre, since it joined the league top Chateau in 2007.
The Alliance is composed of 134 top wineries. They have a high status in the Médoc, Bordeaux’s most prestigious alliances, the quality of the wine they produce can compared with 1855 Cru Classe wines .
The British writer Jancis Robinson is specialized in the wine industry and is the Queen of England wine consultant. She has plenty of opportunities to taste the very famous Medoc wine, and work with some of the Cru Classe wines for comparison.
She often listed in the evaluation of the advantages in these “top wine” has, for example, she had to praise Château Fourcas Dupre.
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Now, in the Chinese market Chateau Fourcas Dupre is welcomed by the upper class people, they were more than impressed by its quality. In the mind of Chinese wine lovers, Chateau Fourcas Dupre has become synonymous with high-end wine.
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