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Chateau Calon-Segur - Saint-Estephe 3eme Grand Cru Classe 2005

 
WA
94
JG
92
RP
94

Price: $249.99

Sale Price: $199.99

Producer Chateau Calon-Segur
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Subregion Saint Estephe
Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Franc Petit Verdot
Vintage 2005
Sku 00468
Size 750ml
ABV 1.00%

Wine Advocate: 94 Points

It has a captivating nose: blackberry and boysenberry fruit coming at you at full pelt; dried blood and bacon fat. There is fine delineation here - an underlying mineralit? 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

Wine Advocate: 94 Points

Tasted from an ex-château bottle at BI Wine & Spirits Calon-Segur dinner in London, the 2005 Calon Segur is on par with the wonderful 2000. The only real difference is that this needs more time in bottle. 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!).

John Gilman: 92 Points

The 2005 vintage at Calon-Ségur was comprised of more than fifty percent merlot, and while the wine is a good wine in its way, it lacks the brightness, soil signature and classic profile of the wines from 2006 forwards. The bouquet is deep, reserved and shows admirable depth in its constellation of dark berries, tobacco leaf, woodsmoke, espresso, herb tones, a touch of hoisin sauce, dark soil and nutty new wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and nascently complex, with good purity at the rock solid core, firm tannins and excellent length and grip on the black fruity and still very youthful finish. Qualitatively, this is clearly the equivalent of the 2006, but I have a far stronger preference for the style of the latter vintage, as this is just missing a bit of spark from all of its Merlot in the blend. A very good wine, but not a classic Calon-Ségur.

 

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