Chateau Feytit Clinet Pomerol Bordeaux Wine

Chateau Feytit Clinet profile…

Chateau Feytit Clinet Pomerol Bordeaux wine producer profile, with wine tasting notes, wine ratings, a history of the property, information on wine making and terroir, along with wine tasting reviews. If you want to read about other important, Bordeaux Chateaux: Links to all Bordeaux Wine Producer Profiles

Chateau Feytit Clinet is located close to Chateau Clinet, Latour a’ Pomerol and Clos L’Eglise. The earliest mentions of Chateau Feytit Clinet date all the way back to 1825, when it was owned by a member of the de Gombault family. By 1964, the estate entered into a lease and management agreement with Ets. Moueix that lasted until 2000. At that point in time the Chasseuil family once again took control of Chateau Feytit Clinet and began to change things for the better at this Right Bank property and their wines.

The duties for wine making and managing their Pomerol vineyards were given to the oenologist, and son of the owner, Jeremy Chasseuil. Jeremy learned about the Bordeaux wine trade from his time at La Dominique. The father of Jeremy, who previously managed Chateau Feytit Clinet, Michel Jack Chasseuil has one of the largest, and most interesting wine collections in France, if not the world. Michel Jack Chasseuil wrote a book based on his collection, “100 Vintage Treasures”.

As soon as Jeremy Chasseuil began to take charge of Chateau Feytit Clinet, his first changes were in the vineyards. He reduced the yields from as high as 60 hectoliters per hectare down to between 32 and 40 hectoliters per hectare. He began green harvesting for the first time. Other vineyard practices taking place at Chateau Feytit Clinet include
removing a portion of the buds, the leaves and the early ripening grapes. These are decisive factors in limiting the production at Chateau Feytit Clinet. This controls and insures the best degree of maturity in each grape bunch. Picking is carried out entirely by hand. The grapes are sorted twice before and after destemming on two successive tables.

The Feytit Clinet 6.5 hectare, Pomerol vineyard is planted on gravel, sand and clay soils. The cepage of the Right Bank vineyard is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The traditional wine making at Chateau Feytit Clinet takes place in seven, small, 46 hectoliter, concrete fermentation vats whose temperatures are set between 28° Celsius and 29° Celsius and a pair of smaller, stainless steel fermentation tanks. Pumping the juice over the skins and making pigeage provide for the gentle extraction of color and tannin for the Pomerol wines of Feytit Clinet.

The wine of Feytit Clinet spends 4-5 weeks in vat following the alcoholic fermentation. Malolactic fermentation takes place in 70% to 80% new French oak barrels. The Pomerol wine remains on its lees for several months. The wine is aged for 16 to 18 months in 70% to 80% new French oak barrels.

Production of Chateau Feytit Clinet on average ranges from 1,200 to 1,500 cases per vintage. There is a second wine, Les Colombiers de Feytit Clinet.

Prior to 2005, the wines of Feytit Clinet were not distinguished. Starting in 2006, Feytit Clinet brought up their level of quality to a new level.  2008 was even better and 2010 could be the finest wine this Pomerol estate has ever produced. Prices remain low for the property as their quality is not yet known to many Bordeaux wine loving consumers.