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96 James Suckling
This is real powerful and sexy with a voluptuous style of ripe fruit, mushrooms and wet earth. Leafy. Full and seductive. Better after 2021 but already fantastic.
18 Rene Gabriel
66 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 19 % Merlot, 13 % Cabernet Franc, 2 % Petit Verdot. Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Florales Bouquet, Johannisbeeren, fein stielige Würze dahinter, Szechuanpfeffer und Tabakblatt, zeigt eine schöne Tiefe an. Im Gaumen elegant, fein stützende Adstringenz, die Aromatik bleibt im blaubeerigen Bereich, klare Cabernet-Aromatik. Der Wein ist für einen Saint Estèphe erstaunlich fein, aber der Calon-Ségur hatte immer schon etwas Feminines an sich. Insgesamt auf Finesse und Klasse setzend. Er wird mit dem weiteren Ausbau (100 % neues Holz, 20 Monate) bis zu seiner Abfüllung noch an Volumen gewinnen. Zwei Mal verkostet. Einmal auf dem Weingut und einmal auf Ulysse. 18/20 2022 – 2044
18 Rene Gabriel
66 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 19 % Merlot, 13 % Cabernet Franc, 2 % Petit Verdot. Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Florales Bouquet, Johannisbeeren, fein stielige Würze dahinter, Szechuanpfeffer und Tabakblatt, zeigt eine schöne Tiefe an. Im Gaumen elegant, fein stützende Adstringenz, die Aromatik bleibt im blaubeerigen Bereich, klare Cabernet-Aromatik. Der Wein ist für einen Saint Estèphe erstaunlich fein, aber der Calon-Ségur hatte immer schon etwas Feminines an sich. Insgesamt auf Finesse und Klasse setzend. Er wird mit dem weiteren Ausbau (100 % neues Holz, 20 Monate) bis zu seiner Abfüllung noch an Volumen gewinnen. Zwei Mal verkostet. Einmal auf dem Weingut und einmal auf Ulysse. 18/20 2022 – 2044
93 Wine Spectator
On the darker side of the spectrum, with dark currant, plum and blackberry fruit, inlaid with ample dried bay and tobacco notes. Pepper and charcoal details fill in the finish, adding range and energy. A touch sauvage in style, this will have fans for sure. Best from 2020 through 2030. 6,665 cases made.
93 Wine Spectator
On the darker side of the spectrum, with dark currant, plum and blackberry fruit, inlaid with ample dried bay and tobacco notes. Pepper and charcoal details fill in the finish, adding range and energy. A touch sauvage in style, this will have fans for sure. Best from 2020 through 2030. 6,665 cases made.
92 Robert Parker
The 2014 Calon Ségur has a much more reticent bouquet than either the 2014 Montrose or Cos d'Estournel. There is blackberry here, a hint of cassis and violets, fine purity but bolshie and withdrawn at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe tannin, more red fruit than the Montrose with a smooth, quite silky Merlot-like, graphite finish. Tasted on two occasions in Bordeaux, the second bottle exuded more panache and joie-de-vivre, coming across a little more spicy with a longer aftertaste.<br/>
92 Robert Parker
The 2014 Calon Ségur has a much more reticent bouquet than either the 2014 Montrose or Cos d'Estournel. There is blackberry here, a hint of cassis and violets, fine purity but bolshie and withdrawn at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe tannin, more red fruit than the Montrose with a smooth, quite silky Merlot-like, graphite finish. Tasted on two occasions in Bordeaux, the second bottle exuded more panache and joie-de-vivre, coming across a little more spicy with a longer aftertaste.<br/>
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Château Calon Ségur
Like many Bordeaux estates, Château Calon Ségur in Saint-Estèphe has shown significant developments in quality during the late 1990s. Their increased attention to detail during the viniculture processes have been successful in their production of more opulent, harmonious wines. Therefore, justifying their rank of Third Classified Growth as per the famous 1855 Classification. Historically in the Calon family since 1147, the property passed into the hands of Nicolas Alexandre de Ségur and generations later, Marquis de Ségur, the previous owner of the famous Bordeaux estates, Château Lafite and Château Latour. The illustrious Marquis, as the tale goes, said “I make my wine at Lafite and Latour, but my heart is in Calon.” Thus explaining the notorious heart shaped label found on each of the château’s bottles. The previous proprietors, the Gasqueton family, sold the property to Suravenir, a large French insurance company in 2012 - ending over a century of ownership. Today, it is no secret that this is one of the leading vineyards in the Bordeaux appellation, if not in the world. The 55-hectare property is planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot grapes, and produces their greatest wines, the Grand Vin of Calon Ségur which mirrors the terroir’s essence, as well as their velvety second wine, Le Marquis de Calon Ségur. With the change of ownership, Château Calon Ségur opens a new chapter in its history. The restructuring of the vineyard, and the construction of a new vat-house and ageing cellar will allow Calon Ségur to better express the secrets of its unique terroir.