FZ: Shaping the future
You decide your terroir
The richness of our terroir is given not only by the soil beneath our feet and the weather overhead but by everything in between. From the moment you’re stood in the vines everything around you is terroir - there’s nothing technical about it. As we strive to make wines that surpass the limits of objectivity, the boundaries of what constitutes Fieuzal as a place go beyond the buildings and the plots of vines.
Our winemaker, Stephen Carrier, believes that to truly express Fieuzal’s terroir, we must express all of it: the natural vibrancy; the human emotion; the artistic courage. And so that we may carry on doing so, we must work equally hard to preserve every aspect that defines the place that enables us to produce.
FZ: Shaping the future
Cultivate the future
Our approach to winemaking involves not just growing vines and grapes, but growing Fieuzal in every possible sense. Respecting the past whilst chartering a course for the future. Tending the ever-growing vines and tending equally our ever-growing team. Improving our relationship with technology in parallel with our relationship with Mother Nature. We are here to teach and we are here to learn; to grow better and better.
We’re not focused on making more and more, but making better and better
FZ: Shaping the future
Wines with character
As humans we are moved by what we smell and taste, but even more by what we can feel. Fieuzal’s wines – raw and authentic – have as much personality as the people that make them. Fieuzal is full of life: of shouts, smiles, tension and surprise, and the complex liveliness of our wines is the experience of reliving every one of these emotions.
FZ: Shaping the future
Analysis vs intuition
Fieuzal is in constant movement; in constant evolution. Curious and spontaneous, we dedicate an area of our cellar for testing and trying new things, with the aim to find the balance between what feels like the right thing to do and what can be calculated scientifically and objectively. Our aim is not to focus on what can be improved for today but what can be better for tomorrow.
FZ: Shaping the future
Keeping Control
To constantly move forwards in the world of wine - where the past, present and future are alive at once – we must balance the effects of time on contrasting timescales. The consequence of a whole year’s work in the vines can be decided over the course of just a few days of picking – and we may have to wait another 10 years before we know if we have made the right decision. On the one hand we are eager to anticipate the future and on the other we fight to slow down the passage of time.
Winemaking is not a passive activity, in which we must confidently make decisions and courageously react to opportunities.