Community Tasting Notes 9

• acyso wrote: 90 points

  April 14, 2023 - St. Emilion night (Chicago, IL): Smoky, lean and thin, with some initial bottle stink before it blows off. Modest brett notes emerge with air as well. There's a funkiness that is almost like TCA but is more like what happens when pyrazines age too much. Like the 1978, a wine that is surviving thanks to its acids, but I don't see the upside in holding bottles of this any longer. Drink up.

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• TWSA wrote: 82 points

  April 21, 2015 - Food: N/A
  Condition: Mid Shoulder
  Aroma: red fruits, cedar wood, smoke, tea
  Notes: this wine is well past its peak. Although very not very light in color and tannins are very soft. This might have been caused by bottle variation however the fruits are dying and the wine turned pretty sour after opening for 20-30 minutes. Not the most enjoyable wine.

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• salil wrote: 95 points

  March 14, 2014 - Even better than the last bottle I had (which was pretty good.) This is just fantastic mature Bordeaux, the fruit is still surprisingly fresh and bright but layered with all sorts of developed savoury truffled, earthy, cedary and tobacco flavours. The texture is incredible - really polished, graceful and silken with the tannins fully resolved, and it's an absolutely stunning wine.

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• mdefreitas wrote: 92 points

  May 25, 2013 - Dinner @ Salil's (Vernon, CT): While some thought this might have been a bit musty when first opened, I thought it was wonderful... and got better with air. Classic aged Bordeaux notes, with well resolved tannins and a smooth textural presence. Nice earthy, mulchy, sous bois notes, with dried fruits that sweetened up with air. Not a lot of weight but flavorful and elegant.

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• salil wrote: 91 points

  May 25, 2013 - A little dusty and funky at first, but with some time in the decanter it clears up and starts to smell really lovely with aromas of mature red fruit, leather, cedar and higher toned spicy and herbal elements emerging slowly. The structure here is fully integrated and it's very light on its feet with an elegant, gentle palate presence and still plenty of complexity and depth.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1962
• Type Red
• Producer Château Figeac
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru

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• Pending Delivery 1 (1%)
• In Cellars 63 (78%)
• Consumed 17 (21%)

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