Château Figeac, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
    Château Figeac

    Château Figeac, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2022

    98/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    97-99/100
    The Wine Independent
    97-99/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2022

      6x75cl

      DP

      £1,723.22

    En primeur
    1. 2022

      6x75cl

      EP

      £1,518.00

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Frederic Faye was in an ebullient mood, with good reason: he has a fantastic 2022 on his hands and it's his first vintage as a newly classified Premier Grand Cru Classé "A". As ever, Figeac is close to the perfect negroni blend of equal parts Merlot (35%), Cabernet Franc (34%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (31%). Only the second vintage to be vinified in the new cellar, plot by plot fermentations were carried out at a cooler 28 degrees (normally 36 degrees) using maceration by infusion and using no sulphur. Frederic describes the wine as "Expressive, complex and deep... vibrant and dynamic". It is a memorable Figeac harnessing the character and virtues of the three varietals to create a truly complex and ethereal St Emilion. A classic but expressive bouquet of cassis, violets, raspberry liqueur, eucalyptus, graphite and earth bounds from the glass. This is quite dramatic aromatically. The palate is more reserved. Deep and profound, quite thickly textured with a well of mineral infused fruit. Although intense, this is quite tightly coiled and takes a while to unfurl. Some more leafy cassis and herbal notes emerge with air. Wonderful Cabernet Franc aromas. It is clearly one of the wines of the vintage, a wine that keeps on revealing layers of nuanced fruit, all effortlessly encased in gloriously ripe and detailed tannins. Very dynamic and classy. Bravo.

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    Critic Reviews

    97-99/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2022 Figeac was picked between 1-26 September with the pH of 3.7 and 14% alcohol. This wine combines both Left Bank and Right Bank traits due to its blend (as usual), but this year leans more to the Right Bank despite a slightly lower contribution of Cabernet Sauvignon. It is very well defined, fresh and shows lively black fruit, incense and nuanced Chinese tea aromas. The palate is beautifully balanced with a lightly spiced entry, fine depth and with plenty of concentration counterbalanced by finesse toward the graphite-infused finish. Its saline aftertaste beckons you back for another sip. An appropriate way to start your tenure as a Grand Cru Classé "A".
    drinking window 2032 - 2070
    date of review 05/2023
    97-99/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    A blend of 35% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Franc, and 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2022 Figeac is deep garnet-purple in color. It rolls out of the glass with eager-to-please scents of juicy blackberries, plum preserves, and warm cassis, followed by hints of cardamom, chocolate mint, and cumin seed with fragrant wafts of rose oil and violets. The concentrated, medium to full-bodied palate is simply electric, shimmering with red and black fruit layers and loads of mineral and floral sparks, framed by firm, grainy tannins and amazing tension, finishing very long and energetic. This is so vibrant it tingles on the palate! pH 3.70.
    drinking window 2030 - 2065
    date of review 05/2023
    98/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Vibrant damson in colour, edges of gunsmoke and red rose petals on the aromatics, as you so often find in Figeac, with dense cassis, black cherry, incense, graphite, slate, mint leaf, cocoa bean, cappucino and liquorice on the palate. This is creamy but airy, and full of joy. Close to the 2016 vintage in its construction and effortless confidence, no question of the ageing ability of this wine, and a fine vintage to mark the first year as Premier Grand Cru Classé A. Breaking down how they got here, you find inevitably careful winemaking with no pumping over, cool 26C for fermentation, making use of techniques learnt in the hot, dry summer of 2018, from cover crops to minimum green harvesting. Blend finished including 8% press in March, 3.7ph, harvest began September 1, earliest on record, until 26, second vintage in new winery. Frederic Faye director.
    drinking window 2032 - 2050
    date of review 05/2023

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Emilion
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Merlot Cabernet
    abv:
    13%

    allergen information

    This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.