The 2018 Petit-Figeac is a great example of a second wine that doesn’t hold back on quality or personality. With inviting notes of plum, cedar, and forest-floor, it’s elegant and well-structured without being overpowering. Silky tannins and fresh acidity make it a smooth, enjoyable wine now, but it also has the depth to age gracefully for years. A lovely Bordeaux that balances charm and class perfectly.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 94
Published: Jan 13, 2021

The plum, cedar, mushroom, forest-floor and sandalwood aromas are so enticing. It’s full-bodied, yet ever so fine and caressing with lovely tannins. Long and energetic at the finish. Lots of elegance and structure here. Nicely done. Try after 2024.

The Wine Advocate | RP 91
Published: Apr 22, 2021
Drink: 2022-2034

Sporting a medium to deep garnet-purple color, the 2018 Petit-Figeac has a very pretty nose of Black Forest cake, mulberries and raspberry leaves, leading to suggestions of cinnamon stick, rose oil and tilled soil. The medium-bodied palate has all the class of its big brother, Figeac, if slightly less intensity and layers, offering soft, skillfully managed tannins and seamless freshness to support the earth-laced black fruit layers, finishing long and earthy. This is an impressive second wine that really does have the same compelling personality of the grand vin!

Decanter | D 90
Published: May 16, 2023
Drink: 2023-2032

The nose is lean, precise and nicely perfumed, with blackberry and mint aromas. The attack is sleek and silky, with bright acidity and a light tannic backbone. Well balanced, but it does lack some depth and persistence, and in their place offers elegance and charm. Quite long.
Closure: Natural Cork
Alcohol: 14.50%
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 16% Cabernet Franc 45% Cabernet Sauvignon 39% Merlot

Chateau-figeac.com

Since the 1945 vintage Chateau Figeac has produced a second wine, created by Thierry Manoncourt, who was one of the first Bordeaux winegrowers to impose strict selection based on quality. Ranamed Petit-Figeac from the 2012 vintage, it has always been made solely from grapes grown on the Chateau-Figeac estate.