Château Figeac, which was promoted to Premier Grand Cru Classé A in the 2022 revision of the Saint-Émilion Classification, has released the 2023 vintage at a 40.5% discount on the 2022’s opening price. The new vintage is being offered at €150 per bottle ex-négociant, and to the international trade for £1,788 per case of 12 – a decrease of 41.1% on the 2022’s opening price of £3,036 a case. However, although the vintage received a strong response from the critics – Jane Anson awarded it her second highest score of the vintage (98 points), Neal Martin of Vinous said it would be “a wonderful Saint-Émilion that ranks amongst the best wines of the vintage, while db’s Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay named it as one of the “truly greats” of the appellation, a wine whose structure would “make this perhaps the longest lasting right-bank wine of the vintage” – the 2023 remains more expensive than other highly rated vintages already available in bottle on the market, according to Liv-ex data. This was largely due to the 55.2% rise on the 2022 vintage, which happened in anticipation of it being promoted. Also released today was Château La Conseillante 2023, out at €150 per bottle ex-négociant, a drop of 32.4% on the 2022 opening price. Yesterday saw the release of Château Montrose 2023 has been released at €120 per bottle ex-négociant, down 16.7% on the 2022 opening price. Château Beauséjour (Duffau-Lagarrosse) 2023 was also released, with a modeat 10% discount on the 2022 opening price, at
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