2020 Fayat

Another outstanding wine in the vintage, the 2020 Château Fayat is medium to full-bodied with velvety tannins and loads of charm in its ripe cherry, baking spice, cassis, and loamy earth-like aromas and flavors. It has some background, chocolaty oak, which should integrate with 2-4 years of bottle age, and it's going to evolve gracefully over the following 10-15 years. It's a beautiful wine.

The 2020 Fayat was the most promising vintage that I had encountered from barrel. Now in bottle, it certainly possesses an appealing nose: black cherries, boysenberry, black truffle all vying for attention. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit and fine structure. It eases the brakes on towards the finish in order to retain refinement and freshness, completing yes, the best Fayat in many years.

The 2020 Fayat is laced with dark berry fruit, espresso, licorice, spice and chocolate. This is a decidedly plush style, but the oak is overpowering, while angular contours remain.