2018 La Tour Figeac, St-Emilion

A nose of rich fruit character, all blackberry and raspberry, with a coating of dark chocolate and perfumed rose petals. There is not as much Cabernet Franc in this vintage as in others, it accounting for a ‘mere’ 25%, and I think it shows. The palate is beautifully polished and fresh, with the plush black fruits that come with a vintage like 2018, married with layers of dark chocolate and toasted coffee bean complexity, as well as fine, ripe, powdery structure which lingers in the finish and a great sense of energy and charge. A very fine example of La Tour Figeac here, one which takes advantage of what the vintage offered. If you have any tucked away, hands off, as this has decades of evolution ahead of it.