Fine wines despite harsh growing season

IT IS 11am on a summer's day in Bordeaux; the sun is high in an almost cloudless sky. I am sitting in the garden of Château Figeac, our "home" in Saint-Emilion, now sadly without the presence of Thierry Manoncourt, a dear friend of 20-plus years who died in 2011. The house and the Château go on, with his widow, Marie-France Manoncourt, in charge and fiercely protective of her beloved Figeac.

"Figeac remai…