The 1988 Figeac is a beautiful wine that exhibits unusual charm and elegance for this sometimes somewhat firm, lean vintage. Unwinding in the glass with a deep bouquet of dark berries, cigar ash, pencil shavings and smoke, it's medium-bodied, with terrific intensity of flavor without weight, melted tannins and a long, sapid finish, fleshing out with an hour or two in a decanter to deliver even more texture and mid-palate volume. Its suave, seamless, beautifully balanced profile lends itself to drinking today. - William Kelley

(NM90-92 points) At the Figeac vertical in April 2003: a lovely nose of pure baked dark cherry and cassis with a little tobacco. Very pure and elegant on the palate though not as full-bodied as the 1990. Great definition, quite light but very well-balanced with a damson/plum finish. Others did not like this, but I thought it was a decent, stylish wine. Drink over five years.