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Marquis de Calon (2nd wine of Calon Segur) 2016

St Estephe, Second wine

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Tasting Notes

The 2016 Le Marquis de Calon Ségur is just as gorgeous from bottle as it was from barrel. The high percentage of Merlot comes through beautifully in the wine's succulent, racy personality. Raspberry jam, mocha, white flowers, spice and blood orange all race through this succulent second wine from Calon Ségur. Best of all, the 2016 will be ready to drink upon release. Tasted three times.

Score: 93

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2019-2031 01 January 2019

The 2016 Le Marquis de Calon Ségur is a gorgeous, exotically beautiful wine. Succulent dark fruit, lavender, mint, white flowers and blood orange create an incredibly appealing interplay of ripeness and freshness. Stylistically, the 2016 recalls the ripe, opulent style of the 2014, but with a bit less of that wine's unctuousness. Tasted two times.

Score: 90 - 93

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com 25 April 2017

The 2016 Le Marquis de Calon Ségur is a blend of 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon matured in 30% new oak, bottled in June 2018. It has a delightful bouquet of blackberry, boysenberry and tobacco aromas; hints of dark chocolate emerge with time in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with a lively, energetic opening. This is well balanced and nicely poised, displaying a fine bead of acidity, and it feels long in the mouth. A deeply impressive second wine from Calon-Ségur that should give a decade of drinking pleasure.

Score: 91

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2021-2032 01 January 2019

The 2016 Marquis de Calon-Segur is a blend of 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon this year, picked at 42 hectoliters per hectare and matured in 30% new oak. It has an opulent bouquet with blackberry and a smudge of boysenberry jam, perhaps not with the delineation of let's say, the La Dame de Montrose, yet undeniably pure. The palate is medium-bodied with a surprisingly firm structure given the dominance of the Merlot, with grainy tannin and superb freshness. I have a sneaky feeling that this Deuxième Vin might last a lot longer than people will allow it.

Score: 89 - 91

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2020-2035 28 April 2017

55% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon. Attractive nose, super ripe damsons and plum aromas. Midweight but there is a solid core of sweet fruit with spicy tannins on the finish.

Score: 90 - 91

Albany Vintners, - 19 April 2017

55% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon. Young Cabernet Sauvignon (planted 2007-2010) are in this wine for the first time which Vincent Millet thinks add gravitas. Very sweet and broad - rather like a particularly ripe Bolgheri wine on the nose! Very sweet and luscious. A good restaurant wine. Round tannins and lots of freshness. Very salivatory. 14.2% (17+ Points)

Score: 17

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2025-2038 19 April 2017

Dark berry, tar and stone character. Medium to full body, firm and silky tannins and a flavorful finish. Balance and intensity. Very pretty density. Pretty fruit. Second wine of Calon.

Score: 92 - 93

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 24 March 2017