2021
6x75cl
DP
£140.42
vintage
portfolio
2021
6x75cl
DP
£140.42
2021
6x75cl
DP
£140.42
Broking
2021
6x75cl
DP
£121.22
This excellent estate situated between Calon Segur and Montrose benefits from the same wine making team as Calon Segur: Vincent Millet and Eric Boissenot. The fruit from this vineyard formed part of Calon Segur until the 2006 vintage, when the late Denise Gasqueton decided to create a separate label. It has now dropped the Gasqueton from its name and will just be called 'Capbern'. It has its own very smart winery and there is a very handsome Chateau tucked away behind the church in St Estephe. The 2021 is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot at 12.8% alcohol. Offering cool Cabernet aromas of flowers, crunchy hedgerow fruit and gravel, this is fragrant, poised and with an easy sense of balance. Lots of red fruits, plums and fine stones on the palate, culminating in a precise focussed finish with well-mannered tannins. Juicy and bright.
Capbern occupies 41 hectares, excellently situated to the south of Calon Segur and not far from the other leading lights on the appellation, Montrose and Cos d’Estournel. The wines offer very good value for money. They display classic St Estephe minerality, ample black fruit character and in the best vintages will reward ten year’s cellaring. In June 2012, following the death of Denise Capbern Gasqueton, the estate formed part of the €170M purchase of Calon Segur by French insurance company Suravenir.
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