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Calon Segur
Bordeaux
Burgundy
The northern-most classified growth in the Medoc, Calon Segur is a St. Estephe property of third-growth status. Production is around 20,000 cases from average age vines of over 38 years. Comprising of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc and 25% Merlot, the wine is aged in oak barrel for 24-26 months. Calon Segur’s famous heart label is reported to have arrived from a comment made by the former owner, Marquis Alexandre se Segur, who also owned Lafite, Latour and Mouton – ‘I make wine at Lafite and Latour but my heart is at Calon’.
| Vint | Description | Cl | ? | Cs | Bt | Cs | Bt | + |
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Tasting Notes: This great St.-Estephe estate has turned out a succession of brilliant wines. The 2005, a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot, has put on weight over the last year. An opaque ruby/purple hue is accompanied by a sweet nose of earth, smoke, cassis, and cherries as well as a textured, full-bodied mouthfeel. While the tannin is high, there is beautifully sweet fruit underlying the wineÕs structure. It will require 8-10 years of cellaring after release, and should drink well for three decades. The Wine Advocate #170 Apr-07. Parker Points: 92 Drinking Period: 2015-2037 |
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Tasting Notes: This great St.-Estephe estate has turned out a succession of brilliant wines. The 2005, a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot, has put on weight over the last year. An opaque ruby/purple hue is accompanied by a sweet nose of earth, smoke, cassis, and cherries as well as a textured, full-bodied mouthfeel. While the tannin is high, there is beautifully sweet fruit underlying the wineÕs structure. It will require 8-10 years of cellaring after release, and should drink well for three decades. The Wine Advocate #170 Apr-07. Parker Points: 92 Drinking Period: 2015-2037 |
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Tasting Notes: This great St.-Estephe estate has turned out a succession of brilliant wines. The 2005, a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot, has put on weight over the last year. An opaque ruby/purple hue is accompanied by a sweet nose of earth, smoke, cassis, and cherries as well as a textured, full-bodied mouthfeel. While the tannin is high, there is beautifully sweet fruit underlying the wineÕs structure. It will require 8-10 years of cellaring after release, and should drink well for three decades. The Wine Advocate #170 Apr-07. Parker Points: 92 Drinking Period: 2015-2037 |
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Tasting Notes: Bottled in July, 2005, the saturated ruby/purple-colored 2003 exhibits a tightly-knit, but promising nose of mulberries, blackberries, cherries, and hints of new oak and truffles. This 60% Cabernet Sauvignon / 40% Merlot blend possesses a gorgeous texture as well as an expansive, exotic softness, and 13% alcohol (according to the proprietor, Madame Denise Gasqueton). Generous and rich, this high class, full-bodied wine will undoubtedly be more approachable than its closest spiritual sibling, the 1982. Wine Advocate #164 (Apr 2006) Parker Points: 94 Drinking Period: 2009-2030 |
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Tasting Notes: Bottled in July, 2005, the saturated ruby/purple-colored 2003 exhibits a tightly-knit, but promising nose of mulberries, blackberries, cherries, and hints of new oak and truffles. This 60% Cabernet Sauvignon / 40% Merlot blend possesses a gorgeous texture as well as an expansive, exotic softness, and 13% alcohol (according to the proprietor, Madame Denise Gasqueton). Generous and rich, this high class, full-bodied wine will undoubtedly be more approachable than its closest spiritual sibling, the 1982. Wine Advocate #164 (Apr 2006) Parker Points: 94 Drinking Period: 2009-2030 |
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Tasting Notes: Bottled in July, 2005, the saturated ruby/purple-colored 2003 exhibits a tightly-knit, but promising nose of mulberries, blackberries, cherries, and hints of new oak and truffles. This 60% Cabernet Sauvignon / 40% Merlot blend possesses a gorgeous texture as well as an expansive, exotic softness, and 13% alcohol (according to the proprietor, Madame Denise Gasqueton). Generous and rich, this high class, full-bodied wine will undoubtedly be more approachable than its closest spiritual sibling, the 1982. Wine Advocate #164 (Apr 2006) Parker Points: 94 Drinking Period: 2009-2030 |
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