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2023 Château Figeac, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot (41%), Cabernet Franc (32%), Cabernet Sauvignon (27%)
Not ready
Product: 20231009769
2023 Château Figeac, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

Blend: 41% Merlot; 32% Cabernet Franc; 27% Cabernet Sauvignon.

The 2023 vintage is the Manoncourt family’s 130th, and they have marked the occasion with a truly stunning wine. This was one of the longest harvests ever here, with the fruit picked in two distinct phases (Merlot from 6th-15th September; Cabernets from 27th September-5th October). The wine is immediately very open and wonderfully fragrant, with notes of macerated strawberries, blackcurrant and floral elements. The palate is beautifully textured, with masses of concentration. An underlying salinity gives balance. This is a sensational effort.

Drink 2032 - 2055

Our score: 18/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2023
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Merlot (41%), Cabernet Franc (32%), Cabernet Sauvignon (27%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Figeac

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion

First officially classified in 1954, St-Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest winemaking appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux combined. Many of the region's finest vineyards can be found atop the steep limestone slopes of the village itself, although a fledgling band of garagiste producers are eschewing terroir to make small-batch, deeply-concentrated wines from their homes.
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Château Figeac

Château Figeac is one of the leading St. Emilion estates and its wine, with its high Cabernet content, has often been described as the most Médoc-like in St-Emilion. The estate is located in the north-west of the appellation with its vineyards adjoining those of Cheval Blanc. Its 54 hectares of vineyards lie on a deep, Médoc-like gravel topsoil over a flinty, iron-rich subsoil. Figeac was promoted in 2022 to the level of Premier Grand Cru Classé A, the top tier of the St Emilion classification.
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