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I’d like to take a few minutes to update you on what we’ve been doing recently at Fieuzal.

We have arrived at a crucial moment for this vintage. We picked the Merlot and the Cabernet Franc between September 29th and October 10th. The quality is remarkable, confirming what I had said previously, and we’ve got really good balance with on average around 13.5 degrees, pH around 3.5 and malic acids below 2.5g/l, all strong signs that the wines will retain their balance in the future. Because balance is everything!

The tanks that have already finished fermenting are showing consistent quality with very pronounced colour, expressing power and finesse, with lovely length. Of course we’ll have to confirm all of this after the malos have finished.

The question today (actually since Friday evening) is, when will we begin to pick the Cabernet Sauvignon? At Fieuzal, where we do everything by hand, we need about 8 days to harvest.

The Cabernet Sauvignon is a grape variety with extraordinary purity and expressiveness when it is mature but if it doesn’t reach it’s peak it offers no compromise. It brings density and character and in my opinion it has a unique way of revealing its terroir. I love it dearly!

We’ll certainely start that on Thursday.

In other news, our whites have finished their fermentation without any problems. Even though it’s too early to say, like for the reds, I did note when we did our first tasting a really consistent quality which will allow us plenty of choice when we come to do the blending.

I must get back to work but I forgot to mention the really good thing about such a long harvest, which is that we can keep the harvest kitchen open that much longer. And nobody’s going to mind that!

Stephen Carrier, Winemaker

18 November 2014

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History

The Griffon’s, who were lucky to have connections to Pope Léon XIII in Bordeaux, were able to fill the Vatican’s cellars with their wines from Pessac Leognan. de Fieuzal was purchased by the Ricard family. The Ricard’s owned multiple Bordeaux wine estates including Domaine de Chevalier and Malartic Lagraviere. Today, Chateau de Fieuzal is owned by Lochlann Quinn, the chairman of Allied Irish Banks who purchased de Fieuzal in 2001.

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Vineyards

Most of the red vines are planted on three gravelly hilltops, called Fieuzal, La Dispute and Ferbos. The texture of these hilltop soils and their vegetative layer, favour the growth of smaller,more concentrated grapes

The 39 hectare Pessac Leognan vineyard is planted to red and white grape varietals. For the red wines, the vineyard is planted to 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 4.5% Cabernet Franc and 2.5% Petit Verdot. The white grapes are planted to an even mix of 50% Sauvignon Blanc and 50% Semillon. The vine density of the Chateau de Fieuzal vineyards is on average, 8,300 vines per hectare.

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Winemaking

Chateau de Fieuzal completed a complete, multi-million Euro renovation of the estate in 2012. The wine making facilities have been completely modernized. In the vat house, for the fermentation and production of the red wines, 54 new, wood fermentation vats in a myriad of sizes have just been installed bringing the total of fermentation vats at Chateau de Fieuzal up to 63, which allows for parcel by parcel vinification. The vats range in size from as small as 15 hectolitres up to 185 hectolitres

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