Frederic Faye, general manager at Figeac since the 2012 vintage, is responsible for the property's rise.
Tasted wines in October 2025
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2023 99p
Tasted twice - last time in October 2025. Consistent notes. It was the 130th vintage of the Manoncourt family. The blend consists of 42% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc, and 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, with an alcohol content of 13.5%. Now bottled and so beautiful on the nose and palate! The wine has a fabulous aroma of raspberries, fragrant violets, and iris. It is subtle and sublime on the palate, with great vibrancy and structure, an excellent mid-palate, silky texture, and an exquisitely long aftertaste. This is an outstanding effort, on the level with the 2022 vintage or better! It can become the best Figeac produced in recent years.
2022 99p
Tasted three times - last time in October 2025. Consistent notes. 35% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Franc, and 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% alcohol. This wine displays a fantastic aroma of raspberries and redcurrants with mineral undertones. It is lively, sophisticated, and rich, with a remarkably long mid-palate, creamy berry notes, and finely grained tannins. The exquisite, long-lasting finish makes it one of the best wines ever produced here.
2021 96p
Tasted in April 2024. 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Cabernet Franc, and 29% Merlot. It has a very intense nose of morello cherries and violets, with tension on the palate, great complexity and mid-palate, elegance and finesse, grained tannin, and a persistent finish. It is a true delicacy and a sumptuous effort for the vintage.
2020 98+p
Tasted twice - last time in April 2024. Consistent notes. 32% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Franc, and 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, with a 13.9% alcohol content. It has a fabulous nose of well-scented raspberries and redcurrants, with notes of chocolate. It is classy, sophisticated, and tremendously structured on the mid-palate, with remarkable complexity and a constant flow of creamy berries and grainy tannin. This is genuinely captivating stuff.
2019 97+p
Tasted twice - last time in September 2025. Consistent notes. This wine is composed of 30% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 36% Cabernet Franc, with an alcohol content of 14.1%. There is a remarkable build-up and precision. Both Cabernets contribute perfectly to greatness, providing superb minerality, depth, and backbone. Figeac says their Cabernet Franc was of the best quality seen in the last 20 years! Merlot contributes to voluptuousness and sweet, creamy fruit. There is a great future for this wine!
Stupendous quartet of wines! From a little vertical in Copenhagen with Blandine de Brier Manoncourt in September 2025
2018 98+p
Tasted three times - last time in September 2025. Consistent notes. It comprises 37% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 33% Cabernet Sauvignon. Dense and tight, it was closed when first tasted (February 2021) and didn’t reveal much of the great things it undoubtedly possesses. However, there's no doubt this wine has immense potential to become the best vintage for this property in the last 30 years. It became more accessible in September 2025, when it was tasted for the second time. Still corpulent but oozes big quantities of creamy fruit and big fat tannins, with an excellent midpalate, sophisticated touch, and great length. An exceptional effort!
2016 98-100p
Tasted three times - last time in September 2025. Consistent notes. 36% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Franc, and 38% Cabernet Sauvignon. There are perfectly ripe berries supplied by grained tannin; it is fabulously balanced and with great complexity, a lengthy mid-palate, and a spectacular finish. Velvety, sophisticated, distinguished, and an incredibly precise wine! Amazing wine!
2015 97+p
Tasted in September 2025. It's the third vintage in which the famous wine consultant Michel Rolland has been advising Figeac. This is an opulent wine filled with perfectly ripe fruit and tannin. A bit flashy, but who really cares? It’s creamy and luscious, with remarkable structure and mid-palate, vibrant and sophisticated. Superbly impressive.
2009 94p
Tasted in September 2025. From magnum. It's a well-made wine with spicy red berries and raspberries on the nose. It possesses juiciness, a fine balance, structure, and complexity, with a persistent finish that has a touch of dryness. This is old-style Figeac with a bit of rusticness but still of fine quality. It can easily last for at least 10 years from now (2025).
1998 95p
Tasted in March 2017. This vintage at Figeac has an excellent reputation among wine freaks, and it was confirmed with aplomb when tasted in 2017. Sensual, classy, fruity, and aromatic nose of cherries and raspberries; deep, sophisticated, and long on the palate. Great effort for this property!
1995 93p
Tasted in September 2025. This property wasn’t that consistent in the 1990s, but this particular vintage is just fine. Aromatic on the nose with morello cherries, raspberries, and tobacco. Elegant with finesse on the palate, well-knit, medium-bodied, savory, and with a lingering finish. This wine could have been a bit more intense and complex.
1983 94p
Tasted in February 2020. It has a powerful nose of ripe raspberries and a concentrated palate, showcasing great finesse, elegance, complexity, and depth. This wine is quite delightful and of high quality.
1982 95p
Tasted twice - last time in November 1990. Consistent notes. Black red. There are loads of ripe fruit and tannin. It is very concentrated, with a lot of ripe blackcurrants, blackberries, and blueberries. Grained tannin. Great mid-palate, structure, and length. It's a formidable wine with a very long life ahead of it.
1975 94p
Tasted twice - last time in February 2020. Consistent notes. This property typically features a blend of 66% Cabernet, with half Cabernet Franc and half Cabernet Sauvignon. The remaining 34% is Merlot. Impressive in terms of length, complexity, and structure. Sophisticated stuff. In full bloom right now.
1959 96p
Tasted in November 1990. It's a very dark color. It is very complex and intense on the nose with dark berries, vibrant with finesse, and has great depth on the palate. It is a bold wine, awesomely structured, with a superb midpalate and a long aftertaste. Exceptional effort.
1949 99-100p
Tasted it in May 1987, from a jeroboam. It is definitely one of the best wines I have ever tasted! It's a great dark color, and the nose is aristocratic, refined, and elegant. Ripe raspberries and blackcurrants flow in constant streams. It is perfectly structured, complex, and has lots of life. What a fantastic wine!!
