2001 Château Yon-Figeac

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 87.6 points

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  2/23/2023 - WojteG Likes this wine: 89 Points

  On the one hand, it is a light, easy and pleasant wine, and on the other hand, it is full of black coffee, black chocolate, cocoa and tobacco. It has a long finish with the above ingredients. Judging superficially, it would seem that it is HQ wine, but there is one big problem - a complete lack of fruit, whether red or black. here are also no tannins, and the acidity is already too high. In a word, no balance. Despite these shortcomings, it is a very juicy juice that is drunk with pleasure, ...but without excitement. The smell is similar to taste characters, although there is a bit of red cherry, the smell of the forest and herbs. Someone may say that this wine is already too old, I am not so sure, because even judging it much younger, it did not get very good reviews, even from professional critics.
  2001 was outstanding vintage
  90 points from WA Vintage Guide
  
  I'm not sure what reasons led me to buy this wine. I probably made a mistake with Chateau Figeac, that is also Grand Cru Classé but with added letter - A.
  It makes it much more expensive and probably much more better 😎

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  12/13/2014 - Ingmars wrote:

  Medium brick-red, with a ruby core. At first, a little stewed fruit and some oxidative notes, but both lift and leave an impression of merely adequately ripe fruit. Wood and resin dominate the nose after a couple of hours. Sweetish fruit on the front, but the middle palate becomes tannic and the finish is hard. The fruit is at the peak of its maturity, but the tannins aren't suggesting that they are going to soften soon. Old style, tough claret, but without Right Bank definition. The finish gets drier even with just the 2nd glass. Hollow. The last glass is woody and the fruit is collapsing. Good plus overall, but this has not aged as well as other claret from this vintage.

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  5/18/2014 - -Tim- Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Less mature than my last bottle in the Yon-Figeac verticale 2012, indicating better storage.
  Cherry nose; on the palate berries, cherry, tobacco, wood. Lots of tannins left, will keep easily until 2020.

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  2/16/2014 - John Pauillac wrote: 89 Points

  dark garnet rim without maturity, in the nose of red and black berries, some lilac, roasted coffee, toasted wood and toast.
  On the palate, a slightly sharp acidity, rounded tannins, good structure and depth showing a little dry a little minerality, creamy, slightly bitter chocolate, tar, red and black berries. lovely power,
  Long finish.

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  6/10/2012 - -Tim- wrote: 88 Points

  Non-blind simultaneous vertical tasting of Chateau Yon-Figeac 2001, 2000, 1989, 1988.
  
  1. 2000 with 91 points (3x1st, 1x2nd)
  2. 1989 with 90 points (1x1st, 2x2nd, 1x3rd)
  3. 1988 with 89 points (1x2nd, 2x3rd, 1x4th)
  4. 2001 with 88 points (2x3rd, 2x4th)
  
  2001
  Nose: already mature, lots of berries
  Mouth: initially the most accessible Yon-Figeac, opened up quickly but closed down after some hours. Very mellow, blackberries, few tannins left. Drink now to 2014/15.

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