Lot 37
CHÂTEAU CALON-SÉGUR 2000 (2) WA 94
CHÂTEAU CALON-SÉGUR 2005 (2) WA 94
Lot 37 Details
CHÂTEAU CALON-SÉGUR 2000 (2)
Saint-Estèphe. 3ième Cru Classé
1 x scuffed & scraped label
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 Estèphe. The palate is medium-bodied with dense, firm tannin that provide a rigid backbone, but it is swathed in copious tobacco-drenched black fruit and a superb line of acidity. It finishes with a twist of bitter cherry on the finish that completes what is a deeply impressive Calon-Ségur; it might just outclass the 2005. Tasted March 2015. Drink: 2018-2050 WA 94
CHÂTEAU CALON-SÉGUR 2005 (2)
Saint-Estèphe. 3ième Cru Classé
2 x 1 x scuffed & scraped labels
It has a captivating nose: blackberry and boysenberry fruit coming at you at full pelt; dried blood and bacon fat developing as secondary aromas just behind. There is fine delineation here - an underlying mineralité sure to surface with time. The palate is very intense and disarmingly youthful, almost ferrous on the entry with layers of ripe black fruit that segue into an earthy finish (with a curious light tang of Marmite on the aftertaste!). It is a fabulous Calon Ségur, though the millennial wine might ultimately possess greater precision. We will see. Tasted March 2015. Drink: 2020-2050 WA 94