Chateau Cormeil Figeac 2006

Specification : Chateau Cormeil Figeac
종류 : Red 생산자 : Cormeil Figeac
품종 : Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon 빈티지 : 

알콜도수 : 13% 지역 :  France > Bordeaux > Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 
가격 : 120,000

Comment : 개인적으로 맛있길 바랬던 와인. 예전 피작의 명성이 무색하게 경영난으로 개판이 되어버린 밭을 아버지와 아들의 세대에 이어 80년도부터 무너진 명성을 회복시킨 와인이었기에... 생때밀리온 와인들은 대체로 함부로 표현하지 않는 도도함이 있는것 같다. 첫모금이 강렬하진 않으나 부드럽지만 일관된 어조로 자신의 고상한 질감을 드러낸다. 매우 만족할만한 수준은 아니었으나 또 사서 마셔보고 싶은 와인

Total : 8.5/10

Others Comment :

Wine Spectator :
 

 2003 - 

Aromas of blackberry and flowers. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a 

clean finish. Needs to open a bit. Best after 2006.
 

 2005 - 

Blackberry with green tobacco character. Medium to full-bodied, with silky 

tannins and a fresh finish.

 

This is the oldest and best-known of the three chateaux.

In 1940, CORMEILFIGEAC became the property of the MOREAUD family. The vineyard was found to be in a pitiful state with a variety of sparse, old, sapless vines. René MOREAUD, an excellent wine grower, reconstructed the property. 

From 1940 until his death in 1967 and despite the frost of 1956, he renovated the vineyards planting Merlot and Cabernet Franc, producing a fi ne quality wine, highly sought-after by the Bordelais and Libournais merchants for export. The vineyard is planted with 2 grape varieties: 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc.

The crop is aged in oak barrels. A third of the barrels is replaced every year. The Cormeil-Figeac wines are powerful, and rich with cedar and red berry aromas. They age well in bottle and are successfully distributed through the Nicolas chain in Europe, Canada, the United States and Japan. 

Bernard Ginestet's guide 

to the vinyards of France - 1986

 Cormeil-Figeac is within the old limits of the huge of Figeac. In 1850, Charles Cocks listed it in his undred crus of Saint-Emilion. Right up to the beginning of this century, it featured among the name of the most famous "Graves". When René Moreaud bought it in 1980, the property was in a pitiful state of dilapidation, and it was he who restored the vineyard to hand it down to his son Robert in perfect condition. This latter continued the work of his father, a perfectionist, notably in carrying out extensive drainage work on the land. The third generation Claude and Richard Moreaud, are now in the vines and in the cellars, both fi red by the same wish to succeed. They are particularly keen to call themselves "vignerons" and not "growers cum producers cum managers", so distinguishing strongly between what is for them pure tradition and what they consider has become merely a job motivated by profit. "That is how we work, we rebel against modernization when it affects quality", they say together in chorus. And indeed, the Moreauds hold fast to this approach with success. They readily cite the poets to illustrate the virtues of their wine. "One evening the soul of wine sang in the bottle", they print on their advertising material, much in the style of Gault et Millau. The french poet Baudelaire, who wrote this verse, was also capable of observing with a more jaundiced eye. Elsewhere in his works, we find the following remark : "For the trader, honesty is speculating for profit." I shall not insist any further because in this case the owners can prove their sincerity. The yield per hectare, for exemple, is only 32 hectolitres on average. The 1972, 1973, 1977, 1984 vintages were not judged worthy of beeing château bottled. On the other hand, recent successful years are gaining a richness and an extraordinary fulness. "Our wines are not appreciated by people tasting in haste" the Moreauds reply, like an air they learnt by heart. We can confirm that the affair Cormeil-Figeac and the Moreauds is one of the heart and moreover a sound affair.