2012 Château Figeac, St Emilion, Bordeaux

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2012 Château Figeac, St Emilion, BordeauxFar more open than the 2011, with generous blackberry puree and peony floral notes. A little less effortless finesse and balance than years like 2005 or 2010, but this has juice and character and is a highly successful Figeac. As it opens, you see that the tannins retain some austerity and resistance in them at this point. The first year where the blend begins to change and become more reactive to the individual vintage and the first year where

Its Clos de la Bussière is one of the higher-alcohol wines in the range

Seeing 50 percent new oak

or stewed meats

This is a great reminder of the classic days of the Napa Valley

This “solar” vintage produced very ripe fruit

polished brass

Softer but riper with fabulous fruit

Dosage is 3 grams per liter

much of which had been fermented with stems

this Pagodes seems a tad more fun than its big

retaining purity of fruit as they do so

but it will be well worth the wait