Tight and dense still but so integrated and seamless in texture. Aromas of chocolate, hazelnuts, dried spices and currants. Full body, superfine tannins and a texture that is so caressing and beautiful. Drink or hold.

Drinking Window: 0000 - 0000

Reviewer Name: James Suckling

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External Id: James Suckling Tasting Notes

Deep, bright ruby-red. Deeply pitched aromas of black raspberry, black cherry, leather, smoked meat, earth and menthol. Chewy, brooding and deep, with concentrated black cherry, menthol, mineral and leather flavors framed by a powerful spine of acids and tannins. Really saturates the palate on the tannic back end. I'd give this classic St. Estephe a decade of aging, at which time this wine may well merit an even higher score.

Drinking Window: 0000 - 0000

Reviewer Name: Stephen Tanzer

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External Id: Vinous Tasting Notes

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!). It is a fabulous Calon Ségur, though the millennial wine might ultimately possess greater precision. We will see. Tasted March 2015.

Drinking Window: 2020 - 2050

Reviewer Name: Neal Martin

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Pretty classy, the nose of raspberry and blackcurrant coulis leads to an elegant palate of fresh bramble fruit and black cherries. Usually, it is in the shadow of its sister property, Grand-Puy-Lacoste, which is more expressive than usual. The nose is opulent and inviting, but what follows is a model of elegance, with tannins, acidity and fruit seamlessly interwoven. The finesse of the tannins was noticeable, albeit absorbed by the glorious weight of fruit. There are layers of flavour, texture and a beguiling combination of elegance and power, with an unusually high amount of Cabernet providing fine structure.