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Figeac 2011

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > St Emilion
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyMerlot/Cabernet Franc/Cabernet Sauvignon

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Tasting Notes

This is excellent with juicy fruit, chocolate and blackberries. Full and silky. Big surprise for the vintage

90/91
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, April 2012

Made from 35% Cabernet Franc, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 30% Merlot, the 2011 Figeac is deep garnet colored. It offers up alluring scents of blackcurrant pastilles, black raspberries, and boysenberry preserves with suggestions of menthol, tobacco leaf, and crushed rocks. Medium-bodied, the palate has a rock-solid structure of grainy tannins with oodles of freshness and lots of earthy layers, finishing on a lingering ferrous note.

93
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent, May 2022

Majors on tobacco and savoury grilled black fruits. This is a little austere, lacks the generosity of the two preceeding vintages, offers sculpted fruits and tannins, a plentiful dash of black pepper and crushed rocks, touches of graphite, but not really revving up through the palate. Harvest September 6 to 27, 100% new oak for ageing, 38hl/h yield.

92
Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com, March 2022

The least Merlot-led of the top St Emilions, this is correspondingly firm and structured in 2011. It's dense and quite chewy with notes of graphite and black plums and fairly backward, dry tannins. My feeling is that the wine could do with a little more fruit sweetness, but this may emerge as the tannins soften in barrel. 10+ years.

92
Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com, April 2012

Subtle and understated. Remains within the bounds of the vintage. Medium-bodied and fresh. Elegant but will be too lean for some. Drink 2018-2028.

17
James Lawther MW, Decanter.com, April 2012
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Tasted in Bordeaux from an ex-château bottle, the 2011 Figeac has a healthy deep garnet hue. The nose is quite vibrant and well defined with blackberry, briary and a touch of graphite, though not as much as I remember showing out of barrel. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, crisp in the mouth with a fine line of acidity. This actually surpasses my expectations. It has a natural sensibility, offering attractive blackberry and cranberry fruit, a sprig of mint, with a breezy, unpretentious finish that suits this down to the ground. You could almost broach this now, unusual for Figeac,, but suffice to say it will offer a decade's worth of drinking pleasure, possibly more. Drink: 2016 - 2030

90
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (226), August 2016

An equal blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon picked from 6th September until the 27th September. It offers the estate's typical Left Bank, leafy bouquet with touches of pencil lead inflecting the broody dark fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with firm, rigid tannins on the entry. It is a little disjointed but the Cabernet appears to be ripe although the finish is a little austere and needs to develop more expressive Merlot. Maybe it will improve with bottle age? Tasted April 2012.

88/90
Neal Martin, RobertParker.com, April 2012
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