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Château Yon-Figeac
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2023
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Cherry blossoms, licorice, and cocoa come together nicely in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, soft, fresh, chewy, palate, finishing with a touch of salt on the cherries, and licorice on the backend. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,425 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
2022
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers and cherries blend together to form the core of this medium-bodied, early-drinking, silky, fresh wine. A bit light, but still charming. Drink from 2026-2035. 89-91 Pts. 2,528 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
2021
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Light, bright and floral with a strong, savory and spearmint edge to the red fruits in the nose and on the medium-bodied palate. Drink from 2024-2030. 1,108 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Light in color and fruit, the wine offers hints of bright red cherries, herbs and underbrush on the nose and palate. This will be best in its youth to capture the light, red cherry and strawberries in the finish. Drink from 2023-2027. 85-87 1,840 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
2020
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied with a bit too much oak in the nose. Still, there is a lot to like here with all of its ripe, vibrant, sweet cherries, plums and dark chocolate that are on full-display in the round-textured, fruity finish. This is a nice step up from previous vintages, which is nice to see. Drink from 2023-2037. 2,232 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Black cherries, espresso and licorice with earthy nuances come through on the nose. Medium-bodied with dusty plums, oak, green olives, and herbs are found on the medium-bodied palate and in the finish. You can drink this on the young side. 88-90 Pts 3,080 Views Tasted Aug 28, 2021 |
2019
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
White flowers, red fruits and a touch of herbs work in harmony on the nose and palate of this medium-bodied, soft, fresh, forward, accessible wine. You can enjoy this charmer on release for all of its sweet, elegant, savory red berries. Drink from 2022-2032. 2,898 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Medium-bodied, soft, fresh and fruity with a nice, cherry and cocoa energetic mid-palate and finish that will drink well early. 88-90 Pts 3,197 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
2018
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Herbs, olives, forest leaf and red berries are fond on the nose and on the palate of this early drinking, medium-bodied, his soft, early-maturing, medium-bodied, lighter-styled red wine. This will be best in its youth. 4,256 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021This soft, early-maturing, medium-bodied wine is focused on a licorice, herb-accented, earthy, red berry essence and a finesse styling in the finish. 85-87 Pts 3,104 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
2016
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied, soft, red plum and cherry fruits with a forward approach. 3,279 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
2015
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, with a bright, fresh red berry attitude, that is ready to drink on release. 3,537 Views Tasted May 21, 2018Medium-bodied with fresh, bright, red fruits and herbs, the wine is forward, fresh and open for business with its sweet red cherry charm already delivering its goods. 2,624 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2018With an herbal and earthy character to the fresh, bright, red fruits, the wine is soft, medium bodied and forward. The lighter styled wine should drink well quite early. 2,570 Views Tasted Nov 22, 2017Medium-bodied with saline tannins, this wine, with its fresh, red fruits and thyme, is going to be nice to drink on the early side. 2,350 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
2014
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
A light, easy-drinking wine dominated by crisp red fruits and produced in crowd-pleasing style for early consumption. 83-85 Pts 3,440 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2015 |
2013
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Light in color and character, the wine focuses on the fruits’ slender, bright character. 82-83 Pts 2,420 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2014 |
2012
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied, fresh, easy drinking Right Bank wine with soft textures and ripe fruits for early drinking pleasure. The wine was produced from a blend of 83% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Petit Verdot. 2,797 Views Tasted May 16, 2015 |
2011
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Light ruby in color, medium bodied, with a nose of fennel, herbs and bright red berries. This light wine should be consumed in its youth. 2,852 Views Tasted Nov 17, 2013 |
2010
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied, soft textured, fresh, spicy, melange of ripe cherries, black raspberries and plum, with a hint of earthy complexities that are just starting to show. 2,685 Views Tasted Nov 29, 2015 |
2009
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, elegant, finesse-styled, round, soft, black cherry filled charmer with notes of thyme, earth and plums in the finish. This is ready to go. 2,314 Views Tasted Feb 9, 2019 |
2005
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Ready to go, the wine is medium bodied, silky, fresh, offering a nice blend of cocoa, black with red cherry, plum and earthy characteristics, that kicks in with a judicious dash of thyme in the soft textured finish. The wine was made from blending 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. 3,924 Views Tasted Jul 18, 2017 |
1959
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Served blind, I was knocked out once the label was revealed as this was showing just great. Lighter in style and body, there was more than enough red cherries, coffee grounds, truffle and dried flowers to make this interesting. The tannins were soft and polished, leaving you with herbs, olives and red plums in the finish. 2,481 Views Tasted Apr 8, 2022 |