2014 Château Feytit-Clinet

Made from 94% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc, the 2014 Château Feytit-Clinet isn’t going to make anyone forget the 2015, but it’s certainly a brilliant wine that excels in the vintage. Offering a perfumed, complex, traditional style in its ripe red currants, black cherries, smoked herbs, sous bois, and floral nuances, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a light, graceful, incredibly seamless texture, fine tannin, and a great finish. This beauty is all about finesse and elegance, is perfectly balanced, and while already beautiful, should keep for 15+ years. Brought in exclusively by American merchant Jeffrey Davies, this 6.68-hectare estate is run by the talented Jeremy Chasseuil and is situated between Trotanoy and Latour a Pomerol, planted to 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2015 was harvest between September 18th and October 4th, from tiny yields, and spent 15 months in 70% new French oak.

The 2014 Feytit Clinet has a crisp bouquet with violet-tinged black fruit, understated and very precise (a leitmotif of Jeremy Chasseuil's wine). The palate is clean and precise, very well defined with a mineral-infused finish that lingers long in the mouth. There is nothing ostentatious about this wine, rather it is all about the composure, refinement and precision. It can be summed up in two words: Bon vin!