Good medium ruby. Ripe black cherry and licorice aromas. Moderately sweet and rich, with dark fruit and licorice flavors framed by spicy oak. The persistent, firm finish features a note of bitter chocolate. Very typical Figeac, hinting at cabernet but showing a pliant texture in the style of the year.

Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Figeac is a disappointing wine that really puts into context how far this estate has travelled in recent years. The aromatics take a while to really coalesce, eventually offering herbaceous red and black fruit, melted tar and bell pepper aromas, the latter emanating from the Cabernet component. The palate is medium-bodied with rather brittle tannin, very masculine in style with a firm backbone, but it comes across as rather mean and raw on the finish. I would be drinking bottles in the near future. Tasted February 2017.

– The Wine Advocate#231, June 2017

Dark healthy crimson. Sweet and quite rich. Still embryonic. One of the more convincingly youthful right-bank wines. Lots of interesting evolution to come here with both interesting fruit and structure. (JR)

Fine, leafy scent. Inviting and subtle. Dry, tight, fresh and a bit laced up at the moment but good balance and sweet length. (JH)

35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot. Garnet with brick at the rim. Red-berry notes with a minty, chalky edge. Lighter weight to the palate but fresh and digeste . Promises less going forward but very agreeable now. (JL)