Interesting to see such lack of enthusiasm for the 2018. I tasted it as part of a large vintage horizontal in November 2022, organised by the IMW, and it seemed superb - a cut above the other wines shown (which included LMHB, HB, Cheval, Margaux and various other top chateaux). And I wasn’t the only person there to find it the wine of the tasting - there was a real buzz around the bottles, which generated enthusiastic discussion among the tasters. My rough note, verbatim: “dark and very grown up. raspberry, leafy cigar box. so seductive, such wonderful balance. effortless - sublime. such a pretty finish. mmm”.
By contrast, there were a bunch of wines that showed too hot and could barely be drunk*, but Figeac seemed to handle 2018 really well.
*including SHL,Cheval, Belair-Monange, Troplong, Hosanna, Cos, Beychevelle, Pontet
