Calon Segur

Calon SegurTasted from an ex chteau bottle at BI Wine & Spirits Calon Segur dinner in London. The 2000 Calon Segur is one of those wines that reminds you how great the millennial vintage could be. Now at fifteen years old, it has a brilliant, vivacious red berry nose infused with ash and cigar box aromas. The detail here is a beguiling and it just "sings" Saint Estphe. The palate is medium bodied with dense, firm tannin that provide a rigid backbone, but it is

While not quite at its usual level this is certainly a fine effort in the context of the vintage

especially for near and medium-term drinking

with waves of brushed leather

60 ha parcel of 40+ year old vines)

There is first-rate volume to the caressing yet powerful flavors that possess excellent mid-palate density before concluding in a highly energetic

As such my rating is a compromise as I suspect that this will develop even better complexity with age and thus even if the balance isn’t perfect

The 2014 Barolo Conteisa is an impressive wine that defies the odds of the vintage

acquiring notably more complexity—while retaining more energy—than the original disgorgement

The 2000 La Dominique is a wine that I thoroughly enjoyed out of barrel but never tasted in bottle

crème brûlée and marzipan

fermentation in stainless steel with neutral yeasts and an élevage of 16 months in new French barriques

almost decadent aromas of plum