Description
Perfect Score wine 100 Points !
Grape: 37% Merlot 32% Cabernet Franc 31% Cabernet Sauvignon
Château-Figeac 2020: the symphony continues
The 2020 vintage will be long remembered as a year of strategic choices and adaptation to difficult weather conditions: a long spell of mild temperatures in winter, summer heat-waves, and unusually variable rainfall. The 2020 growing cycle at Château-Figeac was two to three w
Winemaking
Gentle extractions. In the vat room, a gentle, sulphur-free vinification was carried out according to the phenolic ripeness of the grapes. Each vat had its own vinification itinerary in order to bring out the best in this great vintage. The raw material was treated with great respect and never forced.
Grapes are usually harvested late due to the majority being cabernet, before being sorted fastidiously and fermented using natural yeasts in wooden vats. The wines are then aged in entirely new oak for 15 to 18 months.