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  • Country ranking ?

    911
  • Producer ranking ?

    15
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

With its pedigree style, CHATEAU-FIGEAC epitomises the elegance of the great wines of Bordeaux.

The wine’s individual character is drawn from an outstanding, complex terroir, characterised by three Gunzian gravel outcrops. Made from a grape composition of 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc and 30% Merlot, its Cabernet majority is one of its features.Its unique style gradually shows through and develops over time. 

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Wine Information

A hailed vintage together with 1989. They were very similar but the hot period that hit in 1989 on July was in 1990 on August.
This affected on lower acidity levels in grapes on 1990 vintage. The wines are rounder and seem to mature more rapidly than 1989 vintage.

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Vintage 1990

Early, uniform flowering, a hot but unspectacular summer and an exceptionally hot period at the end of August 1990 and the first half of September. It was this heat that allowed the record harvest not only to fully ripen, but also to concentrate the fruit. Harvesting began on September 14 and was completed before the start of heavy rains on October 2. Another reason for the success of the vintage was that most châteaux had invested in their ce...

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Damit waren wir beim ersten Flight. Hier begeisterte vor allem der 1990 Figeac. Ich kann mich noch gut an die jugendliche, wunderbare Fruchtphase dieses Weines, den ich seinerzeit für €22 subskribieren konnte, erinnern. Doch damit war es leider rasche vorbei. Der Figeac verschloss sich für längere. Zu allem Überfluss entwickelte er auch noch diesen fiesen, Kork-ähnlichen Ton, den viele Figeacs dieser Periode hatten. Doch diese Phase ist jetzt vorbei. Der Figeac zeigt sich wieder in voller Blüte. Junges Rubinrot, herrliche Nase mit schöner Beerenfrucht, Minze, Zedernholz, Tabak, Veilchen und etwas Unterholz, am Gaumen geradezu hedonistisch mit Pracht und Fülle, so kraftvoll und lang. Ein großer, immer noch jung wirkender Wein für mindestens zwei weitere Jahrzehnte – WT97.

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Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux
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