The 2006 Chateau Feytit-Clinet offers an upfront, well defined and surprisingly backward bouquet with menthol-tinged black fruit, cassis and blueberry. There is a floral aspect to this wine and it comes across as being well balanced with fine-grain tannin on the palate. It comes replete with a candied and quite saline finish that does not quite deliver the same degree of complexity of the nose. Still, this is a commendable wine from Jeremy Chasseuil that is continuing to give pleasure, even though I feel that it has not built on that initial burst of colour it was showing during the first years of its life. Tasted February 2016.

Very attractive, with sweet berry and floral aromas. Full-bodied, with a solid core of ripe tannins and berry, coffee and dark chocolate flavors. Long and delicious already. There's a pretty balance to this wine. Best after 2011. 135 cases made. -JS