Fieuzal Vintage:2004 backward and brooding nose reluctantly

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

with peppery and spicy dark plum fruits and a grainy finish

This is both firmly reduced and still displaying residual malolactic hints

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

Fieuzal Vintage:2004 backward and brooding nose reluctantlyVery 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