2022 Château de Fieuzal, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

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Description

Fieuzal is one of our “five to watch” estates in 2022. Huge strides have been made here recently, with much more focus on brighter flavours and gentle winemaking. The quality of the fruit this year was so even that 75% of the production is the grand vin, the highest ever proportion here. The wine has a lovely crunch of freshness, with a hint of cranberry. The palate is cool and restrained, with commendable freshness and delicacy, but there is ample intensity and forest-floor aromas to complete the picture.

Drink 2028 - 2042

Berry Bros. & Rudd (April 2023)

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2022

Alcohol % 13.5%

Maturity Not ready (2028 - 2049)

Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (50%), Merlot (45%), Petit Verdot (5%)

Body Full Bodied

Producer Château de Fieuzal

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 16.5/20

50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot. Property owned by the Quinn family, originally from Ireland. Vat room entirely renovated in 2011. Cask sample.

Bright blueish crimson, not that deep. Sweet, fresh nose. Lively and very transparent even if without the depth and richness of some 2022s. Flirtatious even. Slightly drying finish but with some confident fruit tucked in there for the future. Refreshing wine!

Drink 2027 - 2040

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (May 2023)

Jeb Dunnuck 92-94/100

The 2022 Château De Fieuzal is brilliant, and this estate deserves more attention in the market today. Ripe red and black fruits, spring flowers, leafy tobacco, and loamy earth all emerge on the nose, and it's medium to full-bodied, with a supple, layered, elegant mouthfeel and a great finish. I love its overall balance, and this could be a real superstar in the vintage.

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (May 2023)

Yohan Castaing 94-96/100

The cumulative rainfall at Château Fieuzal was only 385 millimetres in 2022, compared to 753 millimetres in 2021 and 743 millimetres in 2020. But this did not prevent Stephen Carrier and his team from making a fresh and energetic 2022 de Fieuzal, bursting with aromas of violet, iris, menthol and crunchy wild berries mingled with hints of the coniferous forest floor.

Medium to full-bodied, it's pristinely balanced and beautifully layered, exhibiting a vibrant palate that's deep, tensile and elegant, concluding with a mouthwateringly mineral finish. This estate achieves things no one would have thought possible a decade ago.

Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate (Apr 2023)

About this wine

Pessac-Léognan

In 1986 a new communal district was created within Graves, based on the districts of Pessac and Léognan. Pessac-Léognan has the best soils of the region, very similar to those of the Médoc, although the depth of gravel is more variable, and contains all the classed growths of the region. Some of its great names, including Ch. Haut-Brion, even sit serenely and resolutely in Bordeaux's southern urban sprawl.

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