1988 Château Figeac

Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 92.0 points

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  4/6/2020 - Vinterest Angus Likes this wine: 92 Points

  From 6L. Decanted into magnums bottles to reduce airing. Even so, wine seemed a little over aired after a few hours - the quickest we could get round to drinking the bottle this large (!) So suggested it has reached end of life. Far preferred this from smaller bottles, with very short airing.

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  9/9/2019 - melzar wrote: 89 Points

  From 750: Vegetal notes and a little tired. Suffered from the company it kept. Would have been enjoyable by itself.

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  2/24/2019 - brihprivat Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Figeac 88 is an example of why mature bordeaux is an all-time classic. Fantastic nose!!
  A bit light at first, but it gains weight with some time In the glass. Didnt dare to decant, but it was very much alive and actually improved over several hours. A hedonistic wine. GREAT.

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  10/13/2018 - fcxj wrote: 86 Points

  Aged aromatics, thin palate.

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  10/13/2018 - Rimbe wrote: 94 Points

  (Dinner at the China Club, Hong Kong)
  
  It is a good, solid, straightforward, (solid = for any wine drinker) wine. There is a mix of oak, crumbling rocks, and grape almost turning cherry.
  An old man yawning in a rocking chair.
  
  Leave it to decant for two hours before drinking.

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