Wine Guide
Producers
Alter Ego de Palmer Carillon d’Angelus Carruades de Lafite Château Angélus Château Ausone Château Belgrave Château Calon-Ségur Château Cantemerle Château Cantenac Brown Château Climens Château Clinet Château Cos Labory Château Cos d’Estournel Château Coutet Château de Camensac Château de Ferrand Château de Fieuzal Château d’Yquem Château Ducru Beaucaillou Château-Figeac Château Fleur Cardinale Château Fombrauge Château Giscours Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste Château Gruaud-Larose Château Haut Bages Libéral Château Haut Batailley Château Haut-Brion Château Haut-Marbuzet Château Kirwan Château La Fleur Petrus Château Lagrange Château La Gurgue Château La Mission Haut Brion Château Lafite Rothschild Château Lanessan Château Langoa Barton Château Larrivet Haut Brion Château Latour Château La Tour Carnet Château Latour Martillac Château Léoville Las Cases Château Léoville Barton Château Léoville-Poyferré Château L'Evangile Château Les Grands Chênes Château Lynch-Bages Château Malescasse Château Margaux Château Marquis d’Alesme Château Maucaillou Château Monbousquet Château Montrose Château Mouton Rothschild Château Palmer Château Pape Clément Château Pavie Château Pédesclaux Château Pétrus Château Phélan Ségur Château Pichon-Longueville Baron Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Château Pontet-Canet Château Pouget Château Poujeaux Château Rauzan-Ségla Château Rieussec Château Sigalas-Rabaud Château Taillefer Château Talbot Cheval Blanc Echo Lynch Bages Le Petit Mouton Marquis de Calon Pagodes de Cos Petit Haut Lafitte Vieux Château Certan
Producers
Château-Figeac
With volatile stock markets and low interest rates, investors are increasingly turning to Bordeaux wines in lieu of stocks and bonds. Château-Figeac, with its chequered history and competitive pricing (particularly when purchasing en primeur), makes an ideal opportunity for all those looking to acquire something less traditional for trading.
A Bordeaux wine with a bright future
Keen to obtain the coveted Grand Cru Classe A status, Château-Figeac has all the trappings of a Class A… A long and unsuccessful campaign to join the ranks of other Grand Cru As meant that Figeac had been pricing itself out of the market and losing focus for some time. However, the addition of Bordeaux-based oenologist, Michel Rolland in 2013 brought about new and exciting innovations, and critics agree that recent vintages are far more drinkable in terms of density and texture.

The change in management has not yet translated into bottle or case price. Rolland has effectively transformed the wine and his superior knowledge of extraordinary gravel terroir has resulted in a wine that is not only beautiful to drink but remains very reasonably priced.
A good investment... for now
It is likely that this estate will have its classification upgraded in the next 10 years, at which point the wine is likely to trade at more than €2,904 per case of 12, if it follows the same path, post-reclassification, of peers such as Château Pavie and L’Angelus (both vineyards gained entry into the Classe A grade when Rolland was at the helm). This comes as exciting news to many Bordeaux wine investors, and despite there being no certitude, the future is looking good.

Rolland’s arrival saw the Château begin a massive two-year renovation. With new cellars, two new vat rooms (one dedicated solely to research and development), an underground bottle cellar, a cold room for grape extraction plus many other innovations, under Rolland’s guidance Château-Figeac entered the serious wines playing field. The improvements have not gone unnoticed on the investment market, and the wine has been outperforming many other (including several Classe A grades) vintages from Bordeaux. Wines are recognised for their capacity to age for many years and are atypical of St Emilion wines, being closer to Medoc-style in taste. Critics refer to Figeac as "a right bank wine for fans of the left bank".
Notable facts and vintages
  • Numerous legendary vintages, that age beautifully. We suggest: 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 2005, 2009 and 2010.
  • 2017 Château-Figeac received 94-97 EP points from Antonio Galloni/Vinous, noting “Beautifully layered and exquisite in the glass, the 2017 possesses remarkable balance and harmony from the very first taste. An utterly beguiling, captivating wine, the 2017 simply has it all.”
  • 2018 Château-Figeac earned a perfect 20/20 points from Giuseppe Lauria, wine journalist for German Weinwisser.
  • Massive renovations taking place at Château-Figeac (which include vat rooms, cellar and reception rooms) are expected to be complete in time for the 2020 harvest.