Gourmet Hunters
Your shopping cart is empty!

TOTAL (Inc. VAT)

0.00€

Free delivery over 200.00€

Château Calon Ségur 2019

182.55€ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain

Château Calon Ségur
Saint Estèphe

Other vintages: 2020, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012

Available in 4 days

Parker Points: 93
Peñin Points:  

182.55€ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain

Buy

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Vincent Millet (who can boast a doctorate in wine microbiology and who took up his post as Calon's technical director after a stint at Château Margaux) is doing everything right in terms of restructuring the estate's somewhat neglected vineyards with massal selections, higher density plantings, cover crops and precision viticulture. He's also cleaned up and modernized the winery. The 2019 Calon-Ségur shows the impact of some of those changes already, offering up a rich bouquet of crème de cassis, licorice, warm spices and subtle hints of cigar box, followed by a full-bodied, broad and fleshy palate that's deep and concentrated, with lively acids and beautifully refined tannins. All this is very impressive, but the fly in the ointment is an alcohol level that flirts with 15% and makes itself felt on the warm, liqueured finish. Balance isn't a matter of mere numbers, of course, but despite its admirable qualities and the serious work behind it, I do have reservations about this wine's ultimate equilibrium. Time will tell. The good news is that Millet is actively exploring viticultural strategies to mitigate high alcohol levels.

Features

Type of wine

Reserve Red

Pairings

Cured Cheese, Red Meat

Style

Deep and complex

Occasions

Dinner with Friends

Winery

Château Calon Ségur

Size

75 cl.

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Appellation

Saint Estèphe

Alcohol

13.5%

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Serving

Between 16ºC and 18ºC

Winemaking

Aged for 18 months in French oak barrels (40% new ones).

FREE shipping on orders over 200.00€ or for 18 bottles or more in 6-bottle multiples (24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54 and 60 bottles)
Estimated transit time: 2-3 working days.
Bottles Price Over 200.00€
1-6 6.90€ 0.00€ (-6.90€)
7-12 6.90€ 0.00€ (-6.90€)
13-17 12.90€ 0.00€ (-12.90€)
18 Free 0.00€ (Free)
19-23 15.90€ 0.00€ (-15.90€)
24 Free 0.00€ (Free)
25-29 19.80€ 0.00€ (-19.80€)
30 Free 0.00€ (Free)
31-35 22.90€ 0.00€ (-22.90€)
36 Free 0.00€ (Free)
37-41 26.90€ 0.00€ (-26.90€)
42 Free 0.00€ (Free)
43-47 28.90€ 0.00€ (-28.90€)
48 Free 0.00€ (Free)
49-53 33.90€ 0.00€ (-33.90€)
54 Free 0.00€ (Free)
55-59 35.90€ 0.00€ (-35.90€)
60 Free 0.00€ (Free)
VAT included

Appellation Map