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Château La Tour Figeac
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2023
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Spring flowers, cherries, plums, licorice, and a hint of espresso get the wine going. Medium-bodied, soft, silky, fresh, and creamy, the red fruits with their spicy accents express a nice sense of purity on the mid-palate, that carries through to the finish, where you also find a refreshing salty, licorice nuance. The wine blends 65% Merlot, with 35% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2042. 92-94 Pts. 1,422 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
2022
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Quite floral in nature, the wine is elegant, fresh, soft, and silky. The fruits are vibrant, fresh, and supple, finishing with black plums, espresso, chocolate, and minty nuances. Drink from 2025-2045. 93-95 Pts. 2,594 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
2021
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, cocoa, red fruits, herbs and a light dash of spice that hides in the background of the nose. Medium-bodied, soft, and fresh, with sweetness and energy to the fruits on the palate that delivers all the way through to the finish. Drink from 2024-2036. 586 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Medium-bodied, soft, vibrant red fruits, flowers and touches of cocoa, coffee beans, licorice, herbs and cherries are in the nose and on the mid-palate here, finishing with sweet, ripe, bright, energetic, sweet cherries, red plums, and dark cocoa. Drink from 2023-2038. 92-94 1,446 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
2020
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, licorice, and smoke with fresh red berries create the nose. On the palate, the wine is elegant, silky and fresh, as well as supple, long and packed with dark chocolate, black cherries, espresso and licorice, there is length and refinement here. Drink from 2023-2040. 1,415 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Quite floral in nature, the medium-bodied wine presents its refined take on black raspberries, cocoa, plum, smoke, spice and licorice. Silky, polished, fresh, and elegant, this is top vintage for La Tour Figeac. 92-94 Pts 1,866 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
2019
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Fresh, fruity, silky, soft and refined, the wine expresses a beautiful sense of purity on the nose and palate as well as poise and grace. The elegant finish caps everything off nicely. Drink from 2022-2034. 3,312 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Flowers and cherries in the nose come out easily before encountering the fresh, lifted red berries, minerality and cocoa notes in the soft, polished, silky, medium-bodied finish. 90-92 Pts 2,950 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
2018
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Silky, sexy, fresh and vibrant, with a great core of elegantly textured fruits. The wine is aromatic, refined and with a beautiful sense of purity, lengthy and character. This is showing much better in bottle than in barrel, which is always something you want to see. 1,778 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Licorice, smoke, flowers and cherry aromatics are right there when you want them. Medium bodied, silky and juicy, the red fruits are ripe, pure, polished and fresh. 90-92 Pts 2,610 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
2017
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Forward, fruity, fresh, medium-bodied, elegant, lifted plums, cherries, licorice, espresso, and cocoa with hints of flowers come through easily on the nose and refined, silky palate. 1,877 Views Tasted Aug 30, 2021 |
2016
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoky black cherry, licorice, espresso and earth work perfectly with the fresh, ripe, sweet, plums and cherries. Medium-bodied and finesse driven, this is quite the charmer. 2,444 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Silky soft and polished, this wine is medium bodied and elegantly styled with supple textures. The finish shows ripe, dark red pit fruits, earth, cocoa and thyme. 2,849 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
2015
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Here's a wine that keeps getting better and better as it ages in bottle. The truffle and floral notes get you going. But perhaps it's the silky, fresh, ripe, sweet, plums and cherries that is the best part. Elegant and classy, this is quite the charmer. 3,781 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2018The floral and light truffle notes that accompany the ripe, plum and cherry fruits really stand out. Medium/full bodied, silky, elegant and fresh, the wine ends with polished, sweet, juicy plums and cherries with a touch of licorice in the finish. This turned out better in bottle than in barrel, which is always a good sign. 2,601 Views Tasted Nov 22, 2017Elegant in all the right ways, combined with freshness, thyme, smoke and ripe, red fruits blended with black plums, this wine serves up a soft, sweet, silky, medium bodied, finesse styled, cherry finish. 2,074 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
2014
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Sweet cherries, earth and stone with fresh picked flowers on the nose, this medium bodied wine has a soft, sweet, cherry finish. 88-90 Pts 4,649 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2015 |
2013
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Ruby in color with a kiss of oak, earth, herbs and black raspberries, the wine is medium bodied with sweet dark cherries and chocolate in the finish. Finesse in style, drink this young for the fruit. From a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. The yields were 20 hectoliters per hectare, with the Grand Vin made from 50% of the harvest. The wine is aging in 50% new oak. 89-91 Pts 2,890 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2014 |
2012
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied, fresh, dark cherry and plum dominated wine with licorice and earth was made in an open style that will drink well young. 3,410 Views Tasted Mar 11, 2015Deep in color, with stone, coffee, licorice and black raspberries, the wine is soft in texture with ripe and over ripe cherries in the oaky finish. 88-90 Pts 3,712 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
2011
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
From a blend of 77% Merlot and 23% Cabernet Franc, the wine reached 14.4% ABV. With, flowers, stone, licorice and red berries, the wine offers round, supple textures and a soft cherry finish. 90-91 Pts 5,667 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2012 |
2010
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
2010 La Tour Figeac is made by Christine Derenoncourt, the wife of Stephane Derenoncourt. In 2010, the apple does not fall far from the tree with this wine 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc blend. Licorice, spice, jammy black cherry aromas open to a suave, lush, fennel, spice and ripe dark berry finish. 91-93 5,606 Views Tasted Apr 22, 2011 |
2009
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Truffle, spice, mushroom, black pepper, jammy blackberries, full bodied, filled with ripe dark fruit, round tannins and a soft, plush, red and black fruit filled finish. 5,731 Views Tasted Jul 16, 20112009 La Tour Figeac is made by Christine Derenoncourt. Soils are a mix of gravel and sandy clay atop a subsoil of rich clay. This estate is biodynamically farmed. The La Tour Figeac, 78% merlot and the rest cabernet franc, expresses mineral, floral, and jammy berry notes in its perfume. This fleshy, round textured wine ends with spicy berry and anise flavors. 89-91 Pts 5,009 Views Tasted Jun 29, 2010 |
2008
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
08 Château La Tour Figeac is a treat, with its juicy style and ample black cherry, plum, and licorice personality. The opulent texture adds to the experience. It should drink well young. 88-90 Pts 5,453 Views Tasted Jul 1, 2009 |
2005
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The entry is plush, rich and soft. Aromatics were enough to keep me interested, but, I'd like to see this wine in another 5 years to learn how well the oak bonded with the wine. 6,446 Views Tasted Jan 20, 2008 |
2000
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Fully mature, the wine is medium bodied and on the elegant, finesse side of the style range, focusing on its floral, cherry pipe tobacco, thyme and truffle nose. Soft, ripe, cherries are all over the finish. There is no need to age this further. The wine was produced from blending 60% Merlot with 40% Cabernet Franc. 3,025 Views Tasted Nov 13, 2017 |