Chateau Figeac, Saint Emilion 2000 Grenache High Shoulder or better

High Shoulder or better

On average we had 60% less volume – it was worse in the Hautes Côtes where we lost 90%

three missing neck labels

Benjamin had worked alongside his father in the vineyards and cellar and had very much absorbed his perfectionist attitudes and practices

and readers might think of it as a more elegant

Chateau Figeac, Saint Emilion 2000 Grenache High Shoulder or better94 points John Gilman The 2000 Chteau Figeac is one of the strongest examples of the vintage I have tasted in quite some time. The wine remains youthful, but its promise is self evident, as it delivers a refined aromatic constellation of black cherries, dark berries, cigar wrapper, a superb base of soil tones, a touch of youthful Figeac herb notes, smoky new oak and an exotic topnote of celery seed. On the palate the wine is deep, complex and full