Description

Blend: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. 

Ripe and fruity, the wine is a great success. It has juicy berry fruits that are underpinned by the firm tannins and mineral structure. It is full while also crisp: a wine that is deliciously perfumed. Drink from 2024.

The complex savory, herbal and earthy nose leads into a medium-bodied wine with some real concentration and a nice freshness on the finish, where there are some serious but well-integrated tannins. Drink in 2020.

Closed black cherry fruits on the nose, very little generosity on display at this stage although there is a subdued sense of power, clear tannic hold. They purposely reduced their extraction time at Fiuezal this year, but the house style is still evident – firm and big, successful within that style, less lift than at some other Pessac estates, but the dark bristling fruit is obvious and there is excellent potential for ageing.

The 2014 De Fieuzal was following the Domaine de Chevalier Rouge and frankly that s a difficult act to follow. It certainly does not possess the same precision of fruit concentration, perhaps enduring a reticent, broody stage of its evolution. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin and well-judged acidity. Here perhaps more representative of the wine, building in the mouth towards a lovely cedar-tinged finish, leaving you on a high note. Hopefully the aromatics will develop with bottle age and then it will merit a higher score. 90+

Ripe, fleshy and fun, with lots of friendly blackberry, boysenberry and raspberry preserve notes gliding through, structured by refined tannins and backed by light tar, anise and black tea details. Best from 2018 through 2024.