Producer Profile
Area under vines: 6,5 hectares
Soils: Gravel and sand
Production: 2000 cases a year
Ageing: in 70-80% new (french) oak for 16-18 months
Grape varieties:
- Merlot 90%
- Cabernet Franc 10%
Area under vines: 6,5 hectares
Soils: Gravel and sand
Production: 2000 cases a year
Ageing: in 70-80% new (french) oak for 16-18 months
Grape varieties:
The 2020 Feytit-Clinet is a brooding, powerful wine. Blackberry jam, graphite, licorice, incense, spice and espresso saturate the palate with tremendous depth. As always, Feytit Clinet is a wine of vertical structure. There’s plenty of tannins, but they are pretty much buried by the sheer intensity of the fruit. This is compelling.
Anticipated maturity: 2030-2050
The 2020 Feytit Clinet is a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, coming in at 14.8% alcohol and a pH of 3.7. Harvest took place September 11"28 and yields were 42 hectoliters per hectare. The wine is being aged in French oak barrels, 70% new. Deep purple-black colored, it storms out of the glass, shouting bold notes of plum preserves, blueberry pie and stewed cherries, before giving way to quiet whispers of Indian spices, potpourri, licorice and rose oil. The full-bodied palate is packed with muscular black fruits and a firm texture of ripe, rounded tannins, contrasted by lovely freshness and loads of alluring exotic spice layers, lingering long into the layered finish. A beautifully constructed paradox, this is a very smart, stylish Feytit-Clinet!
Anticipated maturity: 2026-2046