WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 944; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1985 which is 884. The average score for Château Figeac is 885, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Figeac they use words like Fruit, Dark, Black, Sweet, Fresh, Elegant, Tannins, Cherry, Rich, Tobacco, Oak, Complex, Full, Blackberry, Ruby. The 1985 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1985 but no other wine from Château Figeac: Aging. The wine has been ready to drink for 24 years (since 1992) and has been past its best for 14 (since 2002). It normally takes wines from Château Figeac around 6 years to be ready to start drinking, and 12 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Talbot 2005, Château Talbot 2009.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Figeac 1985
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-31 |
gbp |
96 |