Fieuzal Vintage:2004 This is both firmly reduced

This is both firmly reduced and still displaying residual malolactic hints

with peppery and spicy dark plum fruits and a grainy finish

but Chiara and Giorgio Boschis clearly brought out all the best the vineyard had to give

backward and brooding nose reluctantly gives up hints of very earthy dark pinot fruit nuanced by a distinct animale hint that merges into broad-shouldered flavors that offer excellent volume and concentration that finishes with just a hint of dryness and plenty of minerality

This is an impressive wine that has that ‘wow’ factor

Fieuzal Vintage:2004 This is both firmly reducedVery earthy and barnyardy. Full bodied, with soft tannins and a plummy, tomato aftertaste. A disappointment; this wine did not turn out as I had hoped. 1989 Bordeaux horizontal. Drink now. JS