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Calon Segur 1995

St Estephe, Third Growth

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12 75cl Bottle Case 12 £1,420 per Case Case [Add to shopping basket]
Tasting Notes

I always loved this wine from the first time I tasted it in 1998. It has such purity and power yet it's reserved and beautiful. It's one of the best Calons ever. I drank a bottle with some friends in Manhattan last week and it was the wine of the evening. It was full-bodied with silky tannins and a focused and intense finish. Lots of currant and berry character and hints of dried spices. It's finally opening up and giving real pleasure now like so many 1995 Bordeaux at the moment.

Score: 97

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 19 May 2014

Bright crimson. Lots of graphite minerals on the nose. Wonderful spread of ripe fruit on the palate. Just lovely for now - great balance. Just a tad dry on the end - but that’s St-Estèphe for you. Very satisfying.

Score: 17 - 18

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2012-2016 17 February 2011

As I have said many times since I first tasted this wine, the 1995 Calon-Segur is one of the great sleepers of the vintage (I bought the wine as a future for a mere $250 a case). The wine has closed down completely since bottling, but it is a sensational effort that may ultimately merit an even higher score. The wine is opaque purple-colored. With coaxing, the tight aromatics reveal some weedy cassis intertwined with truffles, chocolate, and beef blood-like aromas. On the palate, there is an element of sur-maturite (1995 was an extremely late harvest at Calon-Segur), fabulous density and purity, and a boatload of tannin. This deep, broodingly backward, classic Bordeaux will require a decade of cellaring.

Score: 92

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2005-2035 01 February 1998