2018

Château Figeac

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98 Suckling

329,00 €

Inhalt: 0.75 l (438,67 €/1l) *

Sofort verfügbar, Lieferzeit: 2-3 Tage

Produktnummer: 20088-18|0|0|NULL
Beschreibung
5/7/2019 WeinWisser WEINWISSER : 20 / 20 5/1/2019 Vinous VINOUS (ANTONIO GALLONI) : 96-99 / 100 The 2018 Figeac is simply magnificent. A regal, soaring wine with tremendous vertical lift and nuance, the 2018 is marvelously complete from the very first taste. All the elements fall into place effortlessly. Medium in body and refined, the 2018 is vibrant, with fine tannins and, frankly, quite a bit more freshness than I expected to see given the very dry, sunny summer. Rose petal, mint, lavender and spice add nuance to a core of red/purplish fruit. Harvest started on September 17 and finished on October 12. Yields were 39 hectoliters per hectare, just shy of the historical average of 42/32. While mildew pressure was an issue, it was the dry October winds and their dehydrating effect on the last Cabernets that impacted yields most. Like so many of his colleagues, Technical Director Frederic Faye and his team opted for gentler vinifications with no SO2 at crush, lower temperatures in fermentation and smaller pumpovers. The 2018 Figeac is brilliant. That's all there is to it. The blend is 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 26% Cabernet Franc. Tasted three times. 5/1/2019 Jeb DUNNUCK JEB DUNNUCK (JEB DUNNUCK) : 97-99 / 100 Tasting like a hypothetical blend of the 2015 and 2016, the 2018 Château Figeac offers that rare mix of elegance and sexiness that makes it the most Médoc-like wine from the Right Bank. Checking in as a blend of 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 26% Cabernet Franc that will spend 19 months in new oak, made from 75% of the total production, it offers a saturated purple color as well as incredible notes of liquid violets, exotic flowers, crème de cassis, and spice box. Full-bodied, multi-dimensional, flawlessly balanced, and with awesome purity of fruit, it’s going to flirt with perfection in 4-5 years and keep for 3-4 decades or more. Hats off to director Frédéric Faye for another viscerally thrilling wine that’s up with the crème de la crème of the vintage. 4/24/2019 My Bettane + Desseauve MY BETTANE + DESSEAUVE ( BETTANE & DESSEAUVE) : 98 / 100 Le vin absolu par son raffinement dans tous les secteurs, avec plus de fraîcheur aromatique que sur le légendaire 2016 et une pureté dans la persistance apportée par de sublimes cabernets. 4/24/2019 La Revue du Vin de France LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE : 17-18 / 20 4/23/2019 The Wine Cellar Insider THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER (JEFF LEVE) : 98-100 / 100 Pitch black in color with purple accents, my glass seemed like it was packed with an orchard of berries! The fruit pops from the get go. Blackberry, smoke, licorice, flowers and earthy black plums are impossible to avoid. And why would you want to miss out on all this complexity? Everything is in balance here as the volume is matched by the freshness and level of purity in the fruit. And to top things off, the tannins are incredibly velvety. The fruit coats your palate in all the right ways with a finish that never wants to leave. The wine was made from a blend of 37% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Cabernet Franc. The wine reached 14% alcohol and the picking took place from September 17 to October 12. 4/23/2019 Wine Advocate WINE ADVOCATE (LISA PERROTTI-BROWN) : 97-99 / 100 The 2018 Figeac is composed of 37% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Cabernet Franc, harvested September 17 to October 12 with a 3.7 pH and 14% alcohol. Deep purple-black in color, it charges out of the gate with vivacious black and red cherries, cassis, warm plums and wild blueberries scents plus fragrant hints of violets, star anise, tilled soil and forest floor with wafts of Ceylon tea and chocolate box. Full-bodied and jam-packed with energetic, crunchy black and blue fruits, it has a rock-solid, firm, grainy frame and loads of bright, refreshing sparks lifting the dense layers on the very long, savory finish. Wow—the Cabernet really makes itself known this vintage, and it is good. The signature of this wine is so clear, so defined, that this is a Bordeaux wine without peers. In my view, this is the finest Figeac ever produced. 4/17/2019 Wine Enthusiast WINE ENTHUSIAST (ROGER VOSS) : 97-99 / 100 This is a rich, velvet-textured wine. The Cabernet duo in the blend gives this wine immense structure and brilliant acidity. The perfumed, black currant fruits are layered with the acidity and crisp freshness. The wine finishes with some formidable tannins for the future. 4/17/2019 Decanter.com DECANTER.COM (JANE ANSON) : 98 / 100 Back to a more traditional blend after last year's frost impact, Figeac has done a wonderful job of harnessing the opulence of the vintage while maintaining freshness. This is extremely focussed and precise, with a silky texture and inky depths, developing complexity as the flavours unfurl. These are big tannins but they steal up on you, doing that subtle creep that's such a marker of the vintage. Powerful, utterly gorgeous and clearly a wine that will age well, this is equal to the estate's excellent 2016. Harvest ran from 17 September to 12 October, giving a 39hl/ha yield (with 70% organic farming, 30% bio-control). 65% of the crop went into the grand vin. 3.7pH. 4/12/2019 Jamessuckling.com JAMESSUCKLING.COM (JAMES SUCKLING) : 98-99 / 100 This shows wonderful precision and focus with dark-berry, tobacco, and blueberry character. Full-bodied, tight and vivid. Solid and structured. Really powerful for Figeac. The real new style here of Figeac that harkens back to the great wines of the 1950s and 1940s. This year, equal parts of merlot, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc. 4/8/2019 Quarin JEAN-MARC QUARIN (JEAN-MARC QUARIN) : 97 / 100 4/3/2019 Wine Spectator WINE SPECTATOR (JAMES MOLESWORTH) : 97-100 / 100 This is pretty gorgeous, with velvety texture that lets nearly exotic cassis, plum and blackberry fruit reduction flavors roll through. Has a beautiful bass line of warm earth and smoldering tobacco notes all while keeping its sensational mouthfeel. The encore on the finish makes you realize this is the serious gourmet stuff. One of the highlights of the vintage. 4/1/2019 Beck YVESBECK.WINE (YVES BECK) : 98-100 / 100 37% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon Rouge grenat dense aux reflets violets. Belle intensité du bouquet avec de la fraîcheur et du fruit. Notes florale, bois de réglisse et baies rouges. Caractère élégant, invitant. Attaque juteuse et friande. Beaucoup de précision et de caractère en bouche. Le vin est doté d’une tension qui souligne la fraicheur et le fruit, tandis que les tannins se révèlent lentement et affiche un caractère net, clair, serrés et fin. Très belle intensité aromatique, dès la mise en bouche et jusqu’en finale. Parfaite entente entre la race de la structure et les tannins. Ceux-ci marquent la fin de bouche, mais pas d’une manière exubérante ; ils sont juste imposants dans leur manière de se poser et de prendre place, subtilement, grâce à la finesse du grain. Belle symbiose avec la structure acide ce qui conforte l’expression aromatique de la finale qui souligne la fraîcheur de Figeac 2018. Une très grande réussite. 2026-2048
EIGENSCHAFTEN
Marke: 
Château Figeac
Land: 
Frankreich
Region: 
Bordeaux
Unterregion: 
Saint-Emilion
Jahrgang: 
2018
Farbe: 
rot
Rebsorte: 
Cuvée
Klassifizierung: 
1er Grand Cru Classé
Geschmacksrichtung: 
trocken
Dekantieren: 
2-4 h
Trinkreif ab: 
2026
Trinkreif bis: 
2051
Alkoholgehalt: 
14,5
Inhalt: 
0,75l
Säure / Gerbst.: 
jung - gerbstoffbetont
Top Bewertung:: 
98 Suckling
Trinktemp.: 
16-18°
ArtikelNr: 
20088-18
GTIN/EAN: 
3341210882909

Allergenkennzeichnung:  enthält Sulfite

Abfüller:  Château Figeac, F-33330 Saint-Emilion France

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