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2009 Château de Fieuzal

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August 4, 2024 - $51

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RATINGS

94James Suckling

Wonderful aromas of flowers and berries. Subtle. Full and rich with silky tannins and a rich finish. This is compacted and gorgeous. Impressed.

93Wine Enthusiast

So opulent and open, this is a seductively ripe wine, beautifully layering its sweet red-berry fruits, complex ripe tannins and rounded structure. It is still Bordeaux in its texture, but it is certainly very New World in its rich density.

92+ Robert M. Parker Jr.

A terrific, classic Graves with notes of subtle smoke, black raspberries, black currants, graphite and unsmoked cigar tobacco, this full-bodied, deep, concentrated de Fieuzal is far more generous and deep than most vintages of the past..

92Stephen Tanzer

Ripe, enticing aromas and flavors of blackcurrant, black raspberry, tobacco and graphite sexed up by an exotic suggestion of honeysuckle. Lush and silky on entry, then deeply fruity and spicy in the middle...

17Jancis Robinson

Very racy and sweet with a hint of ginger. Ripe and dense. Interesting wine with a beginning, middle and end – not too sweet.

PRODUCER

Château de Fieuzal

Château de Fieuzal is a 98-acre estate in the Pessac-Leognan appellation of Bordeaux. It is located just south of the city of Bordeaux, and is a Premier Cru of the Graves classifications of 1953 and 1959. Vineyards are planted to 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. About 100,000 bottles are produced each year. The second wine is L’Abeille de Fieuzal. A dry white wine of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon is also produced. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that the chateau “has always been one of the more obscure Graves, which is surprising given the fact that it is a relatively old property and is well recognized by the inhabitants of the region…In the best vintages, both the reds and the whites can compete with the stars of the appellation.”

REGION

France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

Pessac-Léognan was created in 1987 from the northern part of the left bank Graves appellation. Before then it was simply part of Graves, or sometimes it was called Haut-Graves. Unlike many other Bordeaux appellations, Pessac-Léognan is known for both red and dry white wines, although its reds are more famous. The appellation includes ten communes and the area’s most important châteaux, including Château Haut-Brion, the only non-Médoc estate included in the 1855 Bordeaux classification. There are 2,964 acres of vineyards in Pessac-Léognan and 16 classified growth estates. The main red grapes grown are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, along with a small amount of Cabernet Franc. White grapes grown are Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, with a little Muscadelle. Pessac-Léognan is considered to have the best terroir of the greater Graves region.