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Château de Figeac 2018

Château de Figeac, Bordeaux, France

Château de Figeac
Bordeaux France
  • 100
    Points
  • The 194 best
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  • 7 Pros of
    7 recommend
    this wine
157 100
  • Taste
  • Moment

  • Country ranking ?

    160

  • Producer ranking ?

    4

  • Decanting time

    4h

  • When to drink

    from 2025

  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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97-100 WINESPECTATOR: "This is pretty gorgeous, with a velvety texture that lets nearly exotic cassis, plum and blackberry fruit reduction flavors roll through. Has a beautiful bass line of warm earth and smoldering tobacco notes all while keeping its sensational mouthfeel. The encore on the finish makes you realize this is the serious gourmet stuff. One of the highlights of the vintage.—James Molesworth"

97-99 JEB DUNNUCK: "Tasting like a ...

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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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Vintage 2018

Report and recommendations for the 2018 Bordeaux vintage

by Andrew Caillard MW

2018 is an exceptional year. Bordeaux whites and Sauternes are very good, but from an Australian perspective, the excitement is all in the red wines. All sub-regions produced examples of very good wines, but some performed better than others. Generally, the largest estates have made exemplary wines illustrating that the human factor and wealth can have a major...

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Written Notes

Figeac PGCC "B"- 37% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 33% Cabernet Sauvignon. Dense and tight, closed at the moment (February 2021) and not revealing that much of the great things it possesses. However, there's no doubt in my mind that this wine's immense potential to become the best vintage for this property in the last 30 years. 97+p (98p).

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  • 97p

Ruby. Blueberries, anise, some spices, juicy! nose, almost leaps out of the glass, scented and fruity. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, anise, blueberries, layered, dark berries, spices, layered and nuanced, long. Elegant, layered and detailed. 95-97

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  • 97p

Medium deep colour. Really lovely dark plum mulberry dark chocolate aromas.Generous and supple with phenomenal density, powerful dusty graphite tannins, volume and fruit sweetness, and superb viscosity. Really well balanced with integrated mineral acidity and lovely roasted nut oak complexity. Pure and beautiful. Undeniably a great Figeac vintage. 

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  • 99p

Distinctive, with a typical Pomerol force and drive to the black currant, roasted cedar and maduro tobacco flavors, which are supported by a dense, loam-tinged structure. Terrific roasted espresso, ganache and fig paste notes wait in reserve. Very muscular, but with the cut for balance.

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  • 97p

Dark purple colour with violet hue and almost black core. Very elegant nose with great precision, fine fruit, raspberries, blackcurrants, subtle oak and gentle spiciness, discreet flowery touch in the background. On the palate well structured with ripe and sweet tannins, elegant fruit, multi-layered character with excellent length. The quintessence of elegance, a wine with great precision. 

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  • 98p
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Origin

Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux

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97-99 THE WINEADVOCATE: "The 2018 Figeac is composed of 37% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Cabernet Franc, harvested September 17 to October 12 with a 3.7 pH and 14% alcohol. Deep purple-black in color, it charges out of the gate with vivacious black and red cherries, cassis, warm plums and wild blueberries scents plus fragrant hints of violets, star anise, tilled soil and forest floor with wafts of Ceylon tea and chocolate box. Full-bodied and jam-packed with energetic, crunchy black and blue fruits, it has a rock-solid, firm, grainy frame and loads of bright, refreshing sparks lifting the dense layers on the very long, savory finish. Wow—the Cabernet really makes itself known this vintage, and it is good. The signature of this wine is so clear, so defined, that this is a Bordeaux wine without peers. In my view, this is the finest Figeac ever produced."

18 JANCIS ROBINSON: "Inky with purple rim. A little bit spicy on the nose, scented and ripe but not overripe, that touch of nutmeg that I found on the Nénin. Ripe and pure. Very smooth and rich on the palate, remarkably soft when you know the quantity of tannins. Smooth and accessible, rounded and luxurious but balanced by the freshness. Grainy texture but fine grained. Second tasting of a cooler sample (the temporary tasting room was a tent and the samples warmed up quickly when the sun was out): fragrant with small black berries, opens up to a more scented beauty, still some spice but also a hint of roses. Greater finesse and freshness at a cooler temperature. Concentrated but so round on the finish. More Cabernet Sauvignon would have given a hardness on the finish, says Faye. Cool chalky finesse. Fine-grained persistence and freshness with a surprising juiciness on the finish. (JH)"

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