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

    Château Calon Ségur, 3ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe, 2024

    92/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    93-95/100
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    92-94/100
    The Wine Independent
    91-93/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
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    1. 2024

      12x37.5cl

      EP

      £375.00

    2. 2024

      6x75cl

      EP

      £360.00

    3. 2024

      3x1.5L

      EP

      £370.00

    4. 2024

      1x3L

      EP

      £285.00

    5. 2024

      1x6L

      EP

      £540.00

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Vincent Millet and his team reverted to traditional farming methods during the spring, a flexible and pragmatic approach that helped them conquer the threat of mildew and resulted in better vine health and yields. Calon Segur 2024 opens with a beautiful bouquet, quite revealing, exhibiting lots of glossy fruit, flowers, and fine minerals. Aromas of raspberry, damsons, griotte, forest floor, sandalwood, and violets create a captivating and complex nose. On the palate, the wine has good mid-palate weight, full of dark cherry and raspberry liqueur. The texture is long and refined, glossy and showy but rather wonderful, the juicy, vibrant core is cosseted by suave tannins, leading to a sensual finish. A very fine effort!

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    Critic Reviews

    92-94/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    Deep garnet-purple colored. It's a little shy to start off, needing some swirling to bring out notes of black raspberries and red cherries, followed by wafts of cassis, mint tea, and milk chocolate with a hint of pencil lead. The light to medium-bodied palate delivers very good tension and bright, red berry flavors with savory sparks and fine-grained tannins, finishing with a refreshing lift.
    drinking window 2028 - 2042
    date of review 05/2025
    91-93/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2024 Calon Ségur was picked from September 23 until October 9 at 45 hl/ha with no breaks between those dates. It then matured in 100% new oak, as usual, for 20 months. This has a well-defined bouquet, with more prominent wood than previous recent vintages, which consequently obscures the property's DNA. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit tinged with black olive. It's quite lively, with a liberal sprinkling of white pepper and thyme. I admire the freshness of this Saint-Estèphe and there is decent length on the finish. This is not a top-ranking Calon-Ségur, but it should still provide up to 20 years of drinking pleasure.
    drinking window 2029 - 2048
    date of review 05/2025
    92/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Beautiful red ruby expression. A slimmer more finessed expression of Calon than in recent years, that gives it less estate signature than some, but this has beautiful cassis bud, rose petals, peony, iris, cocoa bean and graphite. Subtle but with real charm. 3.60 pH. 45 hl/ha. 100% new oak. Vincent Millet director, Harvest 23 September to 9 October.
    drinking window 2030 - 2044
    date of review 04/2025
    93-95/100
    William Kelley,
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    The 2024 Calon-Segur is a terrific effort. A blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon (picked late, between October 2 and October 9), 9% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, it unwinds in the glass with notes of plums, cassis and iris mingled with hints of burning embers and incense. Medium to full-bodied, supple and layered, it's suave and seamless, with good depth at the core, powdery tannins and beautifully integrated acids. At pH 3.50 and 13.1% alcohol, it's also one of the most classically proportioned vintages this estate has produced over the last decade.
    date of review 04/2025

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Estèphe
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13%

    allergen information

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