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94+ JG.
"While 1986 is not a top vintage on the Right Bank, it has certainly produced a superb Figeac. The wine offers up a very deep, pure and striking nose of red and black cherries, Cuban tobacco, raw cocoa, new leather, brilliantly transparent soil tones, fresh herbs and a stylish base of cedar. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and racy, with a fine core of fruit, impeccable focus and balance, ripe tannins and outstanding backend grip and energy on the pure and very long finish. This vintage of Figeac is really starting to drink well at age twenty-six, but I might be tempted to give it a few more years to let just a bit more of the tannin fall away and some of Figeac’s customary black truffle tones to emerge on the already very complex and perfumed nose. A beautiful vintage of Figeac that is currently a bit below the radar." View From the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2012, Issue #37 |