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The wine
- Colour
- Rosso
- Alcohol
- 14.0% vol
Critics' scores
- Wine Spectator 89
Nice cocoa and coffee aromas lead the way for roasted vanilla bean, dark plum and black cherry fruit notes. This is a touch firm, but racy and fleshy enough through the finish, where an old-school lead pencil note lingers nicely. Drink now through 2016.
- René Gabriel 19
Dichtes Rubin-Granat mit bläulichem Touch. Sublimes, homogenes Bouquet, strahlt viel Harmonie aus und über den Waldbeeren und Gewürzen liegt ein buttriger Schimmer. Ein Mund voll Wein im Gaumen, ohne überladen zu wirken, weil alles am richtigen Ort ist, viel Malz, Caramel, warmer Beerentouch im Finale Pflaumen und ein Hauch Feigen, traumhafte, erhabene Länge. Ein geduldiger, langlebiger Figeac der sicherlich einer der besten Kaufwerte darstellen wird.
The producer: Château Figeac
The great terroir of this property dates back to the ancient Gallo-Roman period, more than two-thousand years ago, when Figeacus named the property’s villa after himself. Today, Château-Figeac carries the traditional qualities of its history, beside its Premier Grand Cru Classé status. Owned by the Manoncourt family for over 120 years, Madame Manoncourt and her daughters are currently responsible for the day-to-day responsibilities alongside their highly committed team. Bordering the Pomerol appellation, the château lies west of the Saint-Émilion village with 40-hectares planted to vines. With an unusually high proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc for the Right Bank, Figeac dedicates just one-third to Merlot plantings. Their savoir-faire practices accumulated over the centuries are now flawlessly intertwined with the innovations they have made in both their viticulture and vinification technologies. The resulting wines are unavoidably refined but powerful. They present an elegant balance of dark, even spicy fruit with subtly oaked notes. The Grand Vin, Figeac is pleasantly structured and long-lived.