2008 de Fieuzal
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Wine Spectator
Robert Parker
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The 2008 de Fieuzal has an attractive bouquet with blackberry, gravel and cedar aromas, quite energetic after a decade with satisfying delineation. The oak here is very well enmeshed. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannin, clean and poised with well judged acidity. It is not the most complex Bordeaux on the block and it would benefit from a little more fleshiness towards the finish. However, there is tension and energy in situ and it should drink well for another seven or eight years. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 10-Year On tasting.
Tasted blind. Dark ruby. Really quite sweet and intense. Opulent as well as fresh – a please-all? Especially if it’s not too expensive! Real vigour and no shortage of fruit but not mucked about with. Dense. GV (JR)
Dark crimson. Curious tarry nose with a green streak. Sweet start and not really as refreshing as Graves should be. Rather drying tannins. (JR)
About the producer
Named after the Fieuzal family who owned this estate until 1851, today Ch. de Fieuzal is owned by the Quinns. Since their arrival in 2001, the Irish family has restored the property and built its reputation for quality.