Weine von Château Calon Ségur

Rebsorten: 65 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 17 % Merlot, 15 % Cabernet Franc, 3 % Petit Verdot, perfekt gelagert und gereift seit Kauf en primeur ab Château, zu genießen bis 2060, Füllstand hf high fill

Jean-Marc Quarin  99

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider  98

Jeb Dunnuck  (97-100)

Wine Enthusiast  97

The Wine Independent  97

The Wine Advocate  RP  (96-98)

Adrian van Velsen - vvWine.ch & VINUM  96

Wine Spectator  95

Verkostet November 2022:

2018 Château Calon Segur mit dichtem Purpur, komplex die Aromen vpn Rauch, Cassis, Holunderbeeren und Kräuterwürze. Im Mund frische Beerenfrucht, fleischige Textur, kompakt mit Druck breitet sich der Wein am Gaumen aus. Sein kräftiger Körper wird vom Tannin geprägt, würzig und mineralisch gestaltet sich der Nachhall. 

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider  98

"2018 Vintage Tasted: Mar 2021

Deeply colored, everything here is intense starting with the perfume. The nose rocks with its espresso, boysenberry, blackberry, spice, tobacco leaf, thyme and cocoa. Full-bodied, powerful, dense and intense, the wine lingers for over 50 seconds on your palate, which is a good thing, because you want to hold on to all those, creamy, opulent, voluptuous, ripe, sweet, pure fruits for as long as possible. The wine was produced from 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot, 14.9% ABV, with no touch of heat. 98 Points"

Wine Enthusiast  97

"2018 Vintage Tasted: May 2021

This is a dense, generous wine. Swathes of black fruits are packed with concentrated tannins. Its power is palpable, as is its luxuriously rich future. The wine will take plenty of aging, so don't drink before 2027. Roger Voss"

Adrian van Velsen - vvWine.ch & VINUM  96

"2018 Vintage Tasted: Apr 2019

(65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 3 Petit Verdot): Leuchtendes Rubin, strahlender Glanz. Feinduftig, würzig, kräuterig in der Nase, dahinter reife Brombeere und Johannisbeere. Weicher Antrunk, vollmundig, sehr cremig mit viel Druck, äusserst konzentriert, reichhaltig mit seidenweichen Tanninen, einer frischen Säure und einem langen, noch leicht vom Ausbau geprägten Retrofinale. Ein grosser wenn auch etwas atypischer Calon, stilistisch deutlich opulenter als in anderen Jahren, wie immer aber mit sehr viel Ausgewogenheit. 2025-2048+ (Verkostet auf Château Calon-Ségur, am 4.4.2019)"

The Wine Advocate  RP (96-98)  Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown  Drink Date: N/A 

The 2018 Calon-Ségur is blended of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot (14.9% alcohol). It is anticipated to age for 20 months in barriques, 100% new. Deep garnet-purple colored, it needs just a little coaxing before it reveals seductive notes of baked cherries, warm cassis, licorice and smoked meats with nuances of hoisin, camphor, Chinese five spice and dried roses with a waft of cardamom. Full-bodied and completely packed with concentrated black fruit and spice layers, it has a firm frame of grainy tannins and a wicked backbone of freshness giving an energetic lift to the very long finish. There's lots of brightness coming from the Cabernet Franc component in here, but it is nonetheless a decadent expression.

“2018 was complicated to vinify because of the potentially high alcohols,” Laurent Dufau, Managing Director of Calon-Ségur and Capbern informed me. “Also, you had to be very gentle with extraction. You had to be soft, so as not to extract too much. The alcohol percentage of the Merlot was concerning—some came in at 16% potential alcohol! And the Cabernet Franc this year was amazing on this terroir.” Merlot was picked from September 19 to 25. The Cabernets came in September 26 to October 5. Petit Verdot came in on October 8th. Yields were pretty good here on average in 2018: 41 hectoliters per hectare.

This year marks the final stages/completion of years of vineyard restructuring, new aging cellars and a gravity-fed vat room at Château Calon-Ségur. Most notably, they have been increasing vine density and slowly working on bringing more Cabernet Sauvignon rather than Merlot on line, as was the blend traditionally. No doubt about it, quality at Calon-Ségur has been on an upward trajectory in recent years! Published: Apr 23, 2019

1. 15 % Vol. Alc., Naturkork  
2. Allergene: Enthält Sulfite
3. Flascheninhalt: 0,75 l     
4. Erzeuger/Abfüller: Château Calon Ségur, Verantw. Vincent Millet, SCA de Château Calon Ségur, F-33180 Saint-Estèphe, France, Tel +33 (0)5 56 59 30 08 email: calon-segur@calon-segur.fr