Community Tasting Notes 22

• matlee89 Likes this wine: 95 points

  March 3, 2024 - Wow this was brimming with energy. Balanced and with good acidity, still great fruit but secondary notes emerging.

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• LeChien Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 3, 2024 - Still young

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• Ramonee Confit Likes this wine: 97 points

  October 20, 2023 - Un grand moment de dégustation pour ce 2014 "classique" dans le meilleur sens du terme. Une grande profondeur, un tanin assagi. Un des plus grands vins de ce millésimes

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• wineforth Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 25, 2023 - 1st bottle from a half case bought en primeur. Mighty deep blackcurrant and bramble nose whilst decanting, with some cigar box and green hints for complexity. Nose somewhat dissipates in the glass leaving a lovelysmokiness. The flavour is strong however in common with other 2014s the body is relatively light despite the dark colour. Tannins are plentiful yet soft and will take a few years to completely integrate. Acidity a touch on the high side. 13pc alcohol helps make for a well balanced wine to drink now and for up to a decade; this is not a long term keeper. QPR is poor but the wine is still a pleasure to drink.

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• Cailles wrote: 92 points

  February 11, 2023 - 20 Vintages of Figeac (1985-2019): All wines tasted blind. A few observations: 1) Compared many other right bank peers, Figeac never fell into the trap of producing very high ripeness/high extraction wines. The low(er) Merlot content plays a role, but the wines clearly speak of a conscious decision of not going there. But in the 2000s the fruit profile is darker and only more recent vintages go back to the beautiful bright red fruit. 2) The hype is real: The level of greatness this winery achieves since the 2015 vintage is stunning. The complexity, delineation, purity and textural depth are miles ahead of what the company produced before. 3) Figeac shows that it is among the 15 best wines produced in Bordeaux today and considering the En Primeur prices, probably only Montrose and Pichon Lalande have an equally good value proposition in this top group. 4) Winner was the 2019 (97pts) with an unmatched purity and depth, ahead of the 2015 (96pts) and a stunning 2018 (96pts) which tells a lot about how well they coped with the hot vintage.
  
  TN: Smoky minerality and dark fruit dominates the nose. On the palate this shows quite classic (like so many 2014s), lots of minerality, ripe dark berries a bit of herbal and green notes as well (again, like many 2014s) Good frame, not the roundest tannins and probably a slightly too pronounced acidity. Overall quite good but not comparison to the vintages after.
  
  Decanting: Not decanted. I guess an hour or two might be great.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2014
• 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
• UPC Codes 071570013547, 3364420072878, 3448821605375, 3760047180086, 3770000181814, 830293005464

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• Pending Delivery 208 (4%)
• In Cellars 4,158 (83%)
• Consumed 671 (13%)

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