FZ: A living heritage
Constant evolution
Fieuzal creates wines that are memories of the past that can be kept and enjoyed at any moment. After 30 years of winemaking experience, our winemaker Stephen Carrier believes that there is no ‘right’ time to drink a wine, but that instead a truly great wine is great throughout the whole of its lifetime.
From the moment a new vine is planted to the many decades after a wine is put into bottle – every moment in between is just part of an exciting journey that keeps wines and the art of winemaking alive.
White
The wines of Château de Fieuzal have a distinct allure that is inseparable from the place from which they are grown. Every bottle enables us to share Fieuzal's unique energy, bringing to life every aspect of our complex terroir in an intense but precise balance. Fieuzal has the intriguing ability to hold one’s attention, by combining flavour and feeling; the senses and the sensual. Extraordinary freshness, naturally provided by our soils, holds the wines together with remarkable tension right to the finish. Fieuzal white is an enchanting balance between our Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon fruit. Aged for 12 months in French Oak barrels, the wine grows to fill the entire palate whilst providing a teasing combination of zesty, fruity and floral notes.
Vintage conditions
2021
The climatic conditions were totally extraordinary, with a very challenging and highly stressful growing season leading up to the late harvest. Coming out of winter, conditions were calm and mild with budburst occurring at the end of March across all of our plots. A long flowering period due to an unusually wet spring, then a very warm temperatures with relatively high rainfall created almost tropical conditions.
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Sémillon
Château de Fieuzal: 2021
Tasting notes
Fieuzal white 2021 has all the characteristic aromas of very fine, pure Sauvignon. After a few months of ageing, we find notes of white flowers, freshly cut herbs and a very intense, dense gunflint touch. The wine is bright and perfectly pure in colour. The palate has a precision and length rarely observed since my first vintage in 2007. The Sauvignon offers structure to the blend; it is the backbone of our wine. The Semillon softens and counterbalances the lively, tense character of the Sauvignon.
