Chateau Figeac 2000

WEINWISSER: "Sehr dunkles Granat mit fein aufhellendem Rand. Wuchtiges Bouquet, ausladend und immer mehr Aromen freigebend, viel reife Pflaumen, ein Hauch Origano, Minze und Korinthen, dezent rauchig, malziger Untergrund. Im Gaumen wie Samt und Seide bei fülligem, Chambertin-haftem Körper, alles süss, in der richtigen Form und trotzdem noch weit von seiner möglichen Genussreife entfernt."

JANCIS ROBINSON: "Deep crimson. Very very Cabernet nose. Quite high acid. A bit stringier than the 2001 vintage in the same tasting. Still youthful. Less on the mid palate than the 2001. As though one portion of grapes was picked a little early, a note of herbaceousness."

WINE SPECTATOR: "Overt rosemary, bay and tobacco notes lead the way, backed by dark fig and steeped black currant fruit flavors at the core. The finish is loamy-edged, with a serious tug of earth. There's nice flesh and density here, though I like where this is now, rather than wanting to wait too much longer.—Blind 2000 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2015). Drink now through 2020. 8,333 cases made."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Tasted at the Château Figeac vertical at the property. It is some years since I last tasted the 2000 Figeac. There is a valid argument that it is being eclipsed by the 2001, but it is still a fine Saint Emilion. The nose is clean and fresh with strong graphite aromas, very Left Bank in style with black truffle and smoky notes developing. The palate is masculine and rather austere at first, though I notice that it gains fleshiness in the glass. It is nicely weighted, but does not quite deliver the sensuality or joie-de-vivre of the 2001 (which is actually like a lot of millennial Bordeaux). Let's see how it matures over the next few years, but my money would be on the 2001. Tasted June 2015."

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, jugendliche Reflexe, violetter Rand. In der Nase zart sahnig, intensive dunkle Beerenfrucht, sahniger Touch, rauchig unterlegte Kräuterwürze, zarter Nougat. Mittlere Komplexität, präsente Tannine, die noch etwas fordernd sind, süße Kirschenfrucht, zart nach Bitterschoko im Abgang, etwas sprödes Finale, leicht adstringenter Nachhall. (Lagern +20)"