Saint Emilion Grand Cru - Château Croix Figeac 2006

Saint Emilion Grand Cru AOC - Château Croix Figeac 2006

$72.90

AOC Saint Emilion Grand Cru - 2006
Château Croix Figeac.

Vineyard next to Château Figeac with beautiful plots, which produces a superb wine balanced, fruity and tasty. The 2006 is already delicious. Sweetish, soft, ripe dark plum, cherry, dark minerals, bit of raspberry, slight anise, underlying vanilla/oak, chocolate. Lush mouthfeel, decent curves, readily apparent but relatively soft, rounded tannins. Very user friendly style. Straightforward, easy to drink, nice push. Pleasantly precocious.

Alc% vol: 14.0%
Ideal for: Red Meat - Grill - Cheese
Grape variety: Merlot - Cabernet Franc
Serve or keep: To keep 8 years
Bottling: Castle - By the trader
Temperature: Between 16 and 18 ° C

A Little about the Winemaker:

Located on the limestone plateau near Figeac and Cheval Blanc, Château Figeac Cross is an area of former Saint Emilion. It was somewhat dismembered during its history, but was able to maintain excellent plots, including Lamarzelle, adjacent to the prestigious Château Figeac.

It has a land quality, well drained, sandy alluvium consists of gravel and clay-limestone layer retaining heat. Through a takeover operation in the late 90s by Jean Dutruilh former ski champion, and his father, himself a winemaker experienced and meticulous work in the vineyard teams, quality wines of this area has made great strides in recent years.

The vineyard, facing south, has vines average 35 years of age, whose performance is deliberately limited. The vineyard is composed of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc.

Saint Emilion Grand Cru AOC - Château Croix Figeac 2006