Château Calon Ségur, 3ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe
    Château Calon Ségur

    Château Calon Ségur, 3ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe,

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    Château Calon Ségur, 3ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe, 2007

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note
    Château Calon Ségur, 3ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe, 2007

    For some reason our visits to Calon always seem to be first thing in the morning when our palates are tinged with coffee and toothpaste, but it never seems to make the slightest difference to our enjoyment of these wines. The 2007 (which is blended from 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot and aged in 100% new oak) is no exception, offering as it does piercingly fresh high-toned blueberry and blackberry fruit on the nose, robed in fine minerals and backed by a warm oak structure, while on the palate there is compact blackcurrant, crunchy and tense with a coating of coal dust and fresh acidity. Medium weight, long and balanced, the palate finished on high, fine tannins. A very good effort.

    Maturity:
    Keep/Drink
    ABV:
    13%
    94/100
    Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
    This is powerful, underlining how much last year's more softly sculpted wine was a departure from recent vintages of Calon, and back in my mind to the complicated 2018 vintage, where it was overly marked by the heat of the vintage. This is full on concentrated fruit, with strong tannins that build through the palate. Plenty of complexity with black truffles, cassis, olive paste, sandalwood and fresh mint on the finish, along with cloves and cinnammon spice. 3.8ph, 100% new oak, 26hl/h yields. 53% Grand Vin, higher than usual. Vincent Millet technical director. Harvest September 6 to 27.
    Date Reviewed:
    05/2023
    Drinking Window:
    2030 - 2046
    95-97/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent
    The 2022 Calon Segur is composed of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it erupts from the glass with powerful scents of creme de cassis, blackberry preserves, and fruitcake, leading to touches of wild sage, smoked meats, Chinese five spice, and camphor with a waft of graphite. The full-bodied palate is super concentrated and hedonic, delivering impactful black and blue fruit preserves layers with a velvety texture and lively backbone, finishing with long lingering exotic spice notes. It's big, sure, but it is also very bright and energetic. The alcohol is 15% and the pH 3.8.
    Date Reviewed:
    05/2023
    Drinking Window:
    2030 - 2066
    94-96/100
    Neal Martin, Vinous
    The 2022 Calon-Ségur was cropped at 26hL/ha compared to 36hL/ha last year. Matured for 20 months in new oak, it has a well-defined bouquet with blackberry, raspberry, cedar and subtle tobacco scents. The 2022 is tight at first but opens with aeration (winemaker Vincent Millet remarked how the wine was much more expressive the week I tasted it in mid-April compared to the previous week). The palate is classically styled with impressive mid-palate depth. With strict tannins and multi-layered graphite-infused black fruit, this is reminiscent of some postwar Calon-Ségur's I have tasted. I wonder if slightly less vin de presse would have been better? Uncompromising, perhaps that might be its virtue, but it means that patience will be required.
    Date Reviewed:
    05/2023
    Drinking Window:
    2027 - 2055

    specifications

    country:
    France
    region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Estèphe
    Producer:
    Château Calon Ségur
    style:
    Red
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    Allergen Information:
    This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.

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    Château Calon Ségur

    Château Calon Ségur

    This is the most northerly of all the wines classified in 1855. The estate is steeped in history, once forming part of the Segur estate which incorporated Phelan Segur as well as Lafite, Latour and Mouton. The Marquis de Segur famously declared that ‘I make my wine at Lafite and Latour but my heart is in Calon’. This presumably explains the proliferation of hearts at the estate and on the label.

    More recently, following her husband’s death in 1995, Denise Capbern Gasqueton has managed the estate. Her wines are classical, true to their terroir and have found much admiration from collectors and drinkers. Madame Capbern Gasqueton passed away in 2011 and the estate has been sold to the French Insurance company Suravenir. A new chapter starts...

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