Workshop #11 – Unique Saint-Émilion style: From soil to barrels in Château Figeac, by Frédéric Faye

Unique Saint-Émilion style: From soil to barrels in Château Figeac

Speaker Frédéric Faye, Managing Director, Château Figeac
Moderator Debra Meiburg MW
Date  26 May 2017 (Fri)
Time  1:00pm-3:00pm (12:30pm registration)
Venue MWM Wine School, Unit 1524, 41 Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong (see Google map)
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About Château Figeac

      1st vintage in 1943 by Thierry Manoncourt – “Pharaoh of Saint-Émilion”
      1st Jurat of Saint-Émilion in 1964 – 1988
      1st Right Bank producer to create 2nd Label – from La Grange Neuve de Figeac in 1945, to Petit Figeac in 2013
      1st  property to inspect each cork, before bottling since 2014

● ŸŸ Premier Grand Cru Classé (Class B)
●  The ancient estate’s roots can be traced back to the 2nd century
●  The largest estate in Saint-Émilion,with 40 hectares of vines
●  Made up of 3 superb hillocks, situated very close to Pomerol and next to Cheval Blanc
●  The finest gravel soils in Saint-Émilion-Pomerol – famous for the largest pebbles in the area
●  Allows high proportion of Cabernet in their blends – while Saint-Émilion is kingdom of Merlot
●  Variety Composition: 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot
●  Average age of the vines: 40 years (with the oldest are 95 years old)

●  Vats: 12 are stainless steel and 10 are conical shaped oak tanks. Parcel by parcel vinification
●  Alcoholic fermentation in wood; the malolactic in stainless steel tanks
●  Since mid-1960s, aged in only 100% new barrels
●  In the past, equal portions of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Now, the blend varies from vintage to vintage

About Frédéric Faye