The Château La Tour Figeac of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru of Bordeaux

Château La Tour Figeac - Cuvée Lucie 45 du Château la Tour Figeac Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 82 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru in the region of Bordeaux

The Château La Tour Figeac is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Tour Figeac wines

Looking for the best Château La Tour Figeac wines in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Tour Figeac wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château La Tour Figeac wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château La Tour Figeac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Tour Figeac

How Château La Tour Figeac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fricandeaux german style, lamb epigram in spicy sauce or roast duck breast stuffed with foie gras confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Tour Figeac

On the nose the red wine of Château La Tour Figeac. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, red plum or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of red cherry, pepper or black currant. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Tour Figeac. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Tour Figeac

  • 1985With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1989With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château La Tour Figeac.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cheval Blanc or the Château Ausone produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dill or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, hay or honey.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 849 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, producing 1323 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Tour Figeac

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Tour Figeac.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Château La Tour Figeac and wines from the region

Bordeaux wine sales to US see ‘spectacular recovery’

Bordeaux wine sales to the US reached a new record in 2021, jumping 67% to €349m ($390m), the Bordeaux wine council (CIVB) announced this week. A freeze on additional import tariffs and buyers’ thirst for highly-rated recent vintages helped Bordeaux to a ‘spectacular recovery’ in terms of shipments to the US, it said. Exports rose by 24% in volume last year to 247,000 hectolitres, equivalent to 33 million bottles. While reds dominate, the US has also become the biggest market for Bordeaux white ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

St-Emilion 2022 classification promotes Château Figeac to Premier Grand Cru Classé A

St-Emilion’s Wine Council announced its eagerly-anticipated ranking this afternoon, bringing a decade of disputes and court battles to an end. The classification awards Premier Grand Cru Classé A status to just two producers, while it also recognises 12 Premier Grands Crus Classés (B) and 71 Grands Crus Classés. These rankings can cause a winery’s value to soar – they have been likened to the Michelin guide for restaurants – so winemakers across the region awaited the results with bated breath t ...

The word of the wine: Left bank

In Bordeaux, refers to the vineyards located on the left bank of the Gironde, where the dominant grape variety is Cabernet Sauvignon. These are the Medoc, Haut-Médoc, Pessac-Leognan, Graves, etc. appellations.