Frederic Faye, technical director at Figeac since the 2012 vintage, is mainly responsible for the property's rise.
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2023 (barrel sample) 98-99p
Tasted in April 2024. It's 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%. The wine has a delightful aroma of raspberries, violets, and iris. It is subtle and mineral on the palate, with great depth and structure, an excellent mid-palate, silky texture, grained tannins, and an exquisitely long aftertaste. I expect this wine to compete with the 2022 vintage and to become the best Figeac produced recently. This is an outstanding effort.
2022 (barrel sample) 98-99p
Tasted in April 2023. It blends 35% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Franc, and 31% Cabernet Sauvignon and contains 14% alcohol. It has a fantastic aroma of raspberries and redcurrants with mineral undertones. It is lively, sophisticated, and rich, with a tremendously long mid-palate, creamy berries, and finely grained tannins. The exquisite, long-lasting finish makes it one of the best vintages 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, tension on the palate with great complexity and midpalate, 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, redcurrants, and 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 grained tannin. It is genuinely captivating stuff.
2019 (barrel sample) 98p
It was tasted in June 2020. It is 30% Merlot + 34% C. Sauvignon + 36% C. Franc, 14.1% alcohol. It is an extremely promising wine with significant build-up and precision. Both Cabernets contributed perfectly, providing great minerality, depth, and backbone. Figeac says their C. Franc is the best harvested in the last 20 years! Merlot contributes to voluptuousness and creamy fruit. There is a great future for this wine!
2018 97+p
Tasted twice - last time in February 2021. Consistent notes. It comprises 37% Merlot, 30% C. Franc and 33% C. Sauvignon. Dense and tight, it closed at the moment (February 2021), not revealing 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.
2016 98p
Tasted twice - last time in November 2021. Consistent notes. 36% Merlot, 26% C. Franc and 38% C. Sauvignon. Perfectly ripe berries supplied by grained tannin, fabulously balanced and with great complexity, a lengthy mid-palate, and a spectacular finish. Velvety, distinguished, and an incredibly precise wine! Amazing effort.
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!
1983 94p
Tasted in February 2020. Powerful nose of ripe raspberries, concentrated on the palate, showing great finesse, elegance, complexity, and depth. Quite a delightful wine.
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 usually has 66% Cabernet in the blend, with half Cabernet Franc and half Cabernet Sauvignon. The remaining 34% is Merlot. Impressive 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 bold, awesomely structured, has a great midpalate, and has a has a long aftertaste. Exceptionel wine.
1949 99-100p
Tasted it in May 1987, from 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!!
