Nice melon. Nose.
Palate: big acidity. Almost tart. Good fruit. Green apples. Yellow fruit. — 2 years ago
Pale lemon with aromas of citrus and stone fruits, aged for 14 months in French oak, 20% new. On the palate apple and lemon flavors with hints of sweet spice. Long rich finish, well balanced with lively acidity ending with minerality. Very Nice! Tasting Sample. — 7 years ago
Over three hours this opened beautifully, gaining depth, flesh and amplitude while keeping terrific freshness. The nose became increasingly brambly and spicy, with damson, moss, forest underbrush and deep cherry fruit. The palate filled out into a velvety, juicy, richly fruited expression, with the classic 2023 chord progression from sour cherry through sweet and mid-season cherry, substantial ripe tannins and excellent acidity. Forward and generous for Fichots, but still unmistakably structured and site-driven, with a long, tangy finish and real depth. Delicious now with air, but clearly built to evolve.
Day two and this has fully arrived. The tannins have melted into the wine and become beautifully textural, while the fruit is now deep, luxurious and completely seamless, with terrific freshness keeping all that richness alive. Gorgeous amplitude, purity and balance, with the classic brambly, spicy, woodland Fichots character still underneath. I gave this 9.5 back in May, and after day two I see no reason whatsoever not to put it right back there. — 2 months ago
Amazing wine w/ meat — 5 months ago


We made 2 mistakes with this wine: drinking it too young and not giving it more time to air. A couple of hours decanting would have been ideal. The wine cannot be faulted for either of those! When it finally opened, a very nice treat indeed, after initial herbaceous impressions dissipated. Lovely wine really. — 6 years ago
Would give it more time. Pleasurable but feels like it has a lot more to offer after more integration and the unfolding of the contents in the bottle. — 7 years ago
Best wine of the pairing menu. If I ever go back here. It’s not because of the wine. — a year ago
This was excellent! Earthy and complex. A tiny hint of Brett. — 3 years ago

Excellent Chardonnay - lemon curd, white peach, floral notes on the notes. Acidity is just right and ends in a long complex finish that lingers. — 7 years ago
Chris MacLean
This 2014 delivered! In form and singing. — 20 days ago