2019 - Feytit-Clinet, Pomerol

The 2019 Feytit-Clinet is a blend of 92% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc, aged for 16 months in French oak, 70% of it new. Deep garnet-purple colored, it offers juicy plums, black cherry preserves, and blueberry compote with suggestions of Indian spices, Sichuan pepper, and licorice. Full-on full-bodied, the palate is concentrated with a rock-solid structure of firm, grainy tannins and just enough freshness to enliven the long finish. This is a fantastic powerhouse for Pomerol-loving hedonists!

The 2019 Feytit-Clinet has a stunning bouquet of pure red fruit, crushed stone and light rose petal scents; a hint of black truffle emerges with time. The palate is medium-bodied with good depth, the 70% new French oak a little more prominent than usual at the moment, though that will be subsumed with time. Very balanced and persistent, this is a bolder style of Feytit, but Jeremy Chasseuil pulls it off.

Always a well-judged and balanced Pomerol from owner Jeremy Chasseuil. As it unrolls, it majors on poised but punchy loganberry and blackberry fruit, with slices of fennel, black pepper and cinnamon spice. Well judged but still present oak notes. 70% new oak. A yield of 42 hl/ha.

The 2019 Feytit Clinet delivers aromas of rich, chocolaty berry fruit, plums, fig jam, espresso roast and toasty new oak. Full-bodied, deep and layered, it's muscular and extracted, with broad shoulders, soft acids and plenty of powdery, youthfully chewy tannin, concluding with a heady finish. To my taste, this flirts with over-ripeness; but it held up well over several days in bottle, inclining me to give it the benefit of the doubt.