Land/Region: Frankreich/Saint-Emilion
Bewertung: 98-100 PP / 19 René Gabriel
Alkoholgehalt: 13% Vol.
Hersteller: Château Figeac
Allergenhinweis: enthält Sulfite
Produktbeschreibung
The 2016 Figeac is a blend of 36% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Franc and 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, picked from 23 September until 20 October at 49 hectoliters per hectare with 13.9% alcohol. The acidity is
3.67 pH, and it matured in 100% new oak (focused on five cooperages). This is a property that opened a new chapter in 2013, when Michel Rolland's services as a master blender have been called upon
and engendered far greater harmony between the three grape varieties, now all singing from the same hymn sheet. It has a crisp blackberry nose, a little closed at first, opening nicely in the
glass and offering raspberry coulis, pencil box and subtle mint aromas—classic Figeac in many ways. The palate is extraordinarily well balanced with a fine lattice of tannin sculpted to perfection.
There is a slight edginess to this Figeac that I adore, the Cabernets very expressive, more so than the 2015, with graphite infusing every pore of the black fruit. This Figeac has an outstanding
structure and a saline finish that beckons you back for another sip. The 2015 Figeac was stunning and the 2016 no less. Tasted on four separate occasions, and in the end, only one (banded) score
became inevitable.
(36% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Franc, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 49 hl/ha, 14% vol. Alkohol) Dichtes, elegantes, frisches, komplexes Bouquet, Johannisbeeren, Heidelbeeren, Brombeeren, Minze, Tabak, fein
Kräuter, Korinthen. Fein cremiger, dichter, vielschichtiger Gaumen mit kräftiger, süßer, feiner Frucht, viel feinem Tannin, vielfältiger, dichter, frischer Aromatik, eleganter, konzentrierter, fein
muskulöser Struktur, sehr langer, voller, duftiger Abgang mit vielen Rückaromen.
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