Calon Segur 1998

Calon Segur 1998

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  • Robert Parker rating 93
  • Vinous rating 88
Calon Segur 1998
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HED67160

75 cl

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£128.00
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Calon-Segur is one of the stars of the Saint-Estephe appellation & was categorised as a third growth in the famous 1855 classification of Bordeaux chateaux. Calon Segur is a superb, consistently excellent Bordeaux which performs well regardless of the vintage & rewards long term ageing.
88 Vinous
Tasted two or three times before, the 1998 Calon Segur is a wine that showed well from barrel but became rather curmudgeonly in bottle. This bottle replicated the one shown at BI Wine & Spirit’s Calon Segur dinner early in 2016. It is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Cabernet Franc, 35% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot. It has a rather aloof and distant bouquet that takes to open in the glass, eventually offering scents of blackberry, menthol and sage. It feels less rustic and stemmy than the bottle encountered two years earlier. The palate is medium-bodied with blackberry, cedar, mint and a touch of graphite, more Pauillac-like than previous bottles. There is commendable length in the mouth although it does not touch the complexity of more recent vintages under talented winemaker Vincent Millet. Tasted at the château. Neal Martin1st May 2018

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A Saint-Estèphe Superstar

Château Calon-Ségur is the most northerly of the Médoc Grand-Crus Classés and is renowned for wines with excellent depth of fruit and great longevity. One of the stars of the Saint-Estèphe appellation, Calon-Ségur was categorised as a third growth in the famous 1855 classification of Bordeaux châteaux.

The estate produces two beautiful reds: the celebrated first wine in addition to a second, known as Marquis de Calon. The estate’s key varieties include Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, which are used to make superb, consistently excellent Bordeaux that rewards long-term ageing.

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