WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 810; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 867. The average score for Château Figeac is 888, making this a below 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château Figeac: Sublime, Unfurls, Gravelly, Leafy, Focused, Staggering, Opaque, Hug, Cuddly, Timid. The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2018) and should be consumed within the next 12 years (by 2028). 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, Château Margaux 2006, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Latour 2009, Château Margaux 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Palmer 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Figeac 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
177 |