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Calon Segur 2024
St Estephe, Third Growth
| GBP Price: | Size | Quantities | Units | status | Actions |
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| £360 per Case | 6x75cl | Cases | 60 | - | [Add to shopping basket] |
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The 2024 Calon Ségur was picked from September 23 until October 9 at 45 hl/ha with no breaks between those dates. It then matured in 100% new oak, as usual, for 20 months. This has a well-defined bouquet, with more prominent wood than previous recent vintages, which consequently obscures the property's DNA. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit tinged with black olive. It's quite lively, with a liberal sprinkling of white pepper and thyme. I admire the freshness of this Saint-Estèphe and there is decent length on the finish. This is not a top-ranking Calon-Ségur, but it should still provide up to 20 years of drinking pleasure. Score: 91 - 93 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2029-2048 Date: 01 May 2025 |
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The 2024 Calon Ségur is shaping up very nicely. Dark and ample, with terrific balance, the 2024 is another strong wine from the team led by Technical Director Vincent Millet. Readers will find a Calon Ségur of inner strength, its deceptively mid-weight structure notwithstanding. The 2024 is a wine of restraint and class more than power, never a bad thing at this property. The 100% new oak is very nicely balanced, even in the early going. This has great potential. Score: 93 - 95 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2034-2054 Date: 29 April 2025 |
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72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc. 34 hl/ha. First vintage certified organic. Cask sample. Dark fruit with a minty freshness. Cassis on the palate. Moderate concentration but tannins fine and long. No sharp edges. Corresponds to the vintage. (JL) 13% Score: 16+ Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2030-2040 Date: 28 April 2025 |
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2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot. 45 hl/ha. Cask sample. Open nose with Cabernet-cassis notes and minty freshness. Quite sapid on the palate, the acidity present. Firmly structured but the oak a touch invasive at present. Needs to settle. (JL) 13.1% Score: 16+ Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2032-2048 Date: 28 April 2025 |
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The 2024 Calon-Ségur is a terrific effort. A blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon (picked late, between October 2 and October 9), 9% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, it unwinds in the glass with notes of plums, cassis and iris mingled with hints of burning embers and incense. Medium to full-bodied, supple and layered, it's suave and seamless, with good depth at the core, powdery tannins and beautifully integrated acids. At pH 3.50 and 13.1% alcohol, it's also one of the most classically proportioned vintages this estate has produced over the last decade. Score: 93 - 95 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 23 April 2025 |
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Beautiful red ruby expression. A slimmer more finessed expression of Calon than in recent years, that gives it less estate signature than some, but this has beautiful cassis bud, rose petals, peony, iris, cocoa bean and graphite. Subtle but with real charm. 3.60 pH. 45 hl/ha. 100% new oak. Vincent Millet director, Harvest 23 September to 9 October. Score: 92 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2030-2044 Date: 23 April 2025 |
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