Château Phélan Ségur, St Estèphe, 2016
60% Cabernet, 40% Merlot, 43hl/ha. The 2008 Phelan Segur has a perfumed boquet of flowers, blueberries and high tones sweet red berries. The palate is tight knit with good concentration and layer after layer of sweet blue fruits. Although this gives the impression of a forward, modern St Estephe, there is plenty of structure. The tannins are round and mouthcoating which sujests that this will age gracefully. One is left with very suave, sweet compote flavours that are long and clean.
critic reviews
The 2016 Phélan-Ségur has a more exotic but controlled bouquet, with brambly red fruit, star anise and cassis scents that blossom in the glass. Quite seductive. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit. Granular in texture, with strong pencil-shaving notes coming through on the Pauillac-like finish, I would afford this another couple of years in bottle. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting.