Saint-Émilion · vintage 2018
The 2018 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 96/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Émilion. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
CHATEAU-FIGEAC 2018, a fantastic symphony.
The greatness of the vintage is embodied here in a remarkable harmony between the enveloping, round Merlot, the fresh and elegant Cabernet Franc and the Cabernet Sauvignon with its fine, caressing texture.
CHATEAU-FIGEAC 2018 delivers a perfect accord of its famous three grape varieties.
Blend of the 2018 vintage
- 37 % Merlot
- 33 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 30 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2018 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 38 % merlot, 30 % cabernet franc, 32 % cabernet sauvignon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2018 sheet
- 40 hl/haYield
- 35 yrsVine age
- 100,000 bottlesProduction
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Winemaking
From the mid-1940s, Figeac adopted the Swiss technique of triggering malolactic fermentation immediately after alcoholic fermentation.
Ageing
100% new barrels, 15 to 18 months.
Terroir
Figeac is the largest estate in Saint-Emilion, covering 54 hectares. Alongside its 40 hectares of vines, the variety of its landscape contributes to what is now called a natural balance, or "biodiversity". Figeac has large open spaces that add to the majesty of the place and allow wildlife and flora to thrive. Figeac has received a true gift from nature: an enviable Bordeaux climate, an exceptional relief made up of 3 fine gravel mounds, and a soil reputed to hold the largest gravels of the area. This magnificent terroir is the basis for the estate's ranking among the Premiers Grands Crus of Saint-Emilion.
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Texts and documents 2018
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Visuals
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