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L'Abeille de Fieuzal Pessac-Léognan White 2018 - Second Wine

L'Abeille de Fieuzal Pessac-Léognan blanc 2018 - Second vin

Pessac-Léognan|White wine

3.9/5 (15 customers)

91/100

Wine Enthusiast

bold

accessible

flattering

oysters and seafood

second wine

ready-to-drink

"The estate's white wines have earned a fine reputation!"

“The estate has earned a reputation for its white wines. This second wine reflects the balance and maturity of the estate’s flagship white, while offering a lighter, more immediately accessible character. With judicious aging in wood, it will be ready to drink starting in 2022. ” (Wine Enthusiast 2021) A second wine that pairs beautifully with a wide variety of dishes and offers immediate enjoyment! - Delivery in a wooden crate is available for orders of 6 bottles of this wine (depending on the country and selected shipping method)

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Estate

Château de Fieuzal

Vintage

L'Abeille

Vintage

2018

Designation

Pessac-Léognan

Region

Bordeaux

Grape Varieties

54% Sémillon, 46% Sauvignon Blanc

Regions

Clay-limestone

Viticulture

Traditional and well-thought-out

Grape Harvest

Manuals

Wine Production

Blending in concrete tanks on the lees

Livestock Farming

In 225-liter barrels

Alcohol content

13%

Eye

Pale yellow color with golden highlights

Nose

Springtime, with aromas of linden, dill, hay, acacia, white flowers, and even flint—typical of the Graves terroir in Fieuzal

Palate

Full-bodied with pronounced richness, well-balanced, and a salty—even slightly tannic—finish that gives this wine excellent length

Serve

At 10-12°C

Open

At the time of tasting

Drink from

2020

Drink before

2025

Food and Wine Pairings

It pairs perfectly with a citrus salad, oysters, fish in sauce...

More information at Château de Fieuzal

More information at Pessac-Léognan

Bettane & Desseauve

Rated estate (2023 guide): 3*Stars (High-quality production that serves as a benchmark in its sector)

About the estate:

For a long time, this estate was renowned first and foremost for its white wine—one of the most well-rounded in Léognan—and later also for its red, which, at its best, is one of the most brilliant expressions of the Pessac-Léognan character. The past decade has marked a return to the highest level of quality for Fieuzal’s white wine. The new, state-of-the-art cellars—equipped with numerous small tanks of varying capacities, made of concrete, stainless steel, or wood—now allow Stephen Carrier, the director, to craft wines with the precision of haute couture.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated Estate (2023 Guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker—The Wine Advocate)

About the estate:

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide to the Best Wines of France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated Winery (2023 Guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or high-quality winemakers producing wines of a high standard—you won’t be disappointed when you taste the wines from these wineries)

About the estate:

This classified growth, located in the very south of Léognan, produced some of Bordeaux’s greatest white wines in the 1980s. After being sold to Banque Populaire in 1994, Fieuzal declined until 2001. That was the year Irish businessman Lochlann Quinn acquired it and hired Stephen Carrier, originally from Champagne, as director. From then on, the estate regained its excellent standing, with a clear focus on body, structure, and tannic elegance in the reds, and—with the arrival of consultant Thomas Duclos—freshness in the whites. With some setbacks (2013) and great successes (2008), the whites gradually reclaimed their full-bodied, intense character and aging potential.

Wine Enthusiast

Wine rated (2021 guide) 91/100

About the wine:

The estate has earned a reputation for its white wines. This second wine reflects the balance and maturity of the estate's flagship white, while offering a lighter, more immediately approachable character. With judicious aging in oak, it will be ready to drink starting in 2022.

James Suckling

Rated winery (2023 guide) Recommended

Customer Rating

3.9/5

based on 15 reviews