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  • Country ranking ?

    178
  • Producer ranking ?

    5
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    from 2029
  • Food Pairing

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“It takes nothing to sense all the intensity, freshness, and depth here. But, more importantly, it is the character. The wine is sensuous, sultry, and lively. The fruits are drenched in cashmere, and velvet that caresses your palate. The levels of depth, richness, opulence, and vibrancy must be felt to be believed. The finish, with its seemingly endless waves of black, blue, and red fruits, with th...

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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 2022

Bordeaux 2022 vintage will stay in the memory of the world of wine as the exceptional vintage which kept a lot of surprises. The year started well with bud break at a normal date, so the frost in early April did not too much damage. The flowering started in mid-May and in optimal conditions. June brought stormy rains which were able to partially reconstitute de water reserves of the soil, however hail fell locally with sometimes very important...

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Figeac – 35% Merlot, 34% C. Franc and 31% C. Sauvignon. 14% alcohol. Fabulous nose of well-scented raspberries and redcurrants, mineral, vibrant, sophisticated, rich, tremendous on the mid-palate with creamy berries and grained tannin. Exquisitely long finish. Best vintage in recent times. 98-99p.

  • 99p

Blackberries, anise, dark fruits, liquorice, spices, cassis, nuanced, layered, scented, bright and nuanced. 
Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, juicy, nuanced, the energy in this vintage is stunning, perfect tannins, so fine grained,The refinement is stunning,  the texture is gorgeous, such length, layered, amazing wine and probably the best Figeac ever made. This is gorgeous, full stop!

 

  • 100p

The earliest vintage of the Manoncourt family at Figeac, starting on September 1st, 2022. Intense purple colour with violet hue and almost black core. Multi-layered nose with fragrant fruit, ripe mulberries, blackberries and hints of cherries in the background. Noble spices with balmy character, fine and rather discreet toasting, hints of graphite. On the palate very lacey character, well structured with persistence and elegant and multi-layered fruit, almost silky tannins and enormous freshness, great elegance in the finish. A truly great and typical Figeac with great depth and length. Frédéric Faye expresses that Figeac "is not a symbol for the vintage but a symbol for the Terroir". 

  • 98p
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Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux
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