2005 Chateau Figeac, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Magnum (1.5L)
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96JD95WS95JA95JS
Critic key
JD = Jeb DunnuckWS = Wine SpectatorJS = James SucklingJA = Jane Anson
- Rating
- JD96/WS95/JA95/JS95
- Producer
- Figeac
- Vintage
- 2005
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
- Country
- France
- Classification
- Premier Grand Cru Classe A
- Format
- Magnum
- Volume
- 1500mL
- ABV
- 13.5
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
JD96 "The 2005 Château Figeac checks in as 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Merlot, raised all in new barrels. Still a youthful ruby/purple hue, with a killer nose of ripe blackcurrants, chocolate, roasted tobacco, and lead pencil, this certainly earns its reputation for being the Médoc on the Right Bank with its powerful, Cabernet-driven style. It's rich, full-bodied, opulent, and incredibly sexy on the palate, with velvety tannins and a great finish. It’s a beautiful Figeac that benefits from air and has another 15+ years of prime drinking." JD Apr 2024
WS95 "This is plush and warm in feel, with lots of currant and fig preserve flavors rolling through, inlaid with tobacco, warm stone and bittersweet cocoa notes. Shows a hefty dose of roasted alder on the finish, but in general this has been absorbed, making this a step ahead in terms of evolution, but there's no rush, as a racy iron streak is just starting to show up. -- Blind '01/'03/'05 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2017)." JM for WS Feb 2018
JA95 "The tightrope stage of a wine as it shifts from young to mature, the tertiary notes coming to the fore are very welcome in its second decade, although it is perhaps just a little more evolved than I would expect. But this is stunning, there is so much hidden power, with layers of complex cedar, rose petal and soft woodsmoke. As it opens in the glass, the slight dryness on the finish becomes more apparent, but so does the sweet gentleness of this vintage. It can clearly still age for a good few decades, but would also be ready to drink with some decanting first. The 36hl/ha yield in this vintage is due mainly to the extremely dry summer." JA for DR Jun 2017
JS95 "Interesting aromas of cedar, tobacco, dark fruits, cinnamon, and cigar box. Full and solid, with chewy tannins. A very direct, straight, and pure wine with lovely freshness. This is starting to close, give this some time." JS Jan 2012
WS95 "This is plush and warm in feel, with lots of currant and fig preserve flavors rolling through, inlaid with tobacco, warm stone and bittersweet cocoa notes. Shows a hefty dose of roasted alder on the finish, but in general this has been absorbed, making this a step ahead in terms of evolution, but there's no rush, as a racy iron streak is just starting to show up. -- Blind '01/'03/'05 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2017)." JM for WS Feb 2018
JA95 "The tightrope stage of a wine as it shifts from young to mature, the tertiary notes coming to the fore are very welcome in its second decade, although it is perhaps just a little more evolved than I would expect. But this is stunning, there is so much hidden power, with layers of complex cedar, rose petal and soft woodsmoke. As it opens in the glass, the slight dryness on the finish becomes more apparent, but so does the sweet gentleness of this vintage. It can clearly still age for a good few decades, but would also be ready to drink with some decanting first. The 36hl/ha yield in this vintage is due mainly to the extremely dry summer." JA for DR Jun 2017
JS95 "Interesting aromas of cedar, tobacco, dark fruits, cinnamon, and cigar box. Full and solid, with chewy tannins. A very direct, straight, and pure wine with lovely freshness. This is starting to close, give this some time." JS Jan 2012