Le Marquis de Calon Segur Saint Estèphe AOC - Château Calon-Ségur

With the Château Calon-Ségur Le Marquis de Calon Segur Saint Estèphe, a first-class red wine enters the swirling glass. It presents a wonderfully dense, ruby-red color. When the glass is swirled, this red wine reveals a high density and richness, which shows in church windows along the rim. The first nose of Le Marquis de Calon Segur Saint Estèphe caresses with notes of blackberries, blackcurrants and mulberries. The fruity aspects of the bouquet are joined by notes from barrel aging, such as even more fruity-balsamic nuances.

On the palate, the Le Marquis de Calon Segur Saint Estèphe from Château Calon-Ségur starts off pleasantly dry, firm and aromatic. On the tongue, this powerful red wine is characterized by an exceedingly silky texture. On the finish, this youthful wine from the Bordeaux wine-growing region ultimately delights with considerable length. Once again, hints of mulberry and blackberry appear. In the aftertaste, mineral notes from the soils dominated by gravel and clay join in.

Vinification of Château Calon-Ségur Le Marquis de Calon Segur Saint Estèphe

This powerful red wine from France is cuvéeed from the grape varieties Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. In Bordeaux, the vines that yield the grapes for this wine grow on clay and gravel soils. Quite clearly, the Le Marquis de Calon Segur Saint Estèphe is also shaped by the climatic and stylistic factors of Saint-Estèphe. This Frenchman can quite literally be described as an Old World wine that presents itself in an exceptionally distinguished manner. When they are perfectly ripe, the grapes for the Le Marquis de Calon Segur Saint Estèphe are harvested exclusively by hand without the use of coarse and less selective machinery. After hand-picking, the grapes are quickly brought to the winery. There they are selected and gently crushed. Fermentation then takes place in stainless steel tanks and small wood at controlled temperatures. After the end of fermentation, the Le Marquis de Calon Segur Saint Estèphe can continue to harmonize on the fine lees for 17 months.

Food recommendation for Château Calon-Ségur Le Marquis de Calon Segur Saint Estèphe

Enjoy this red wine from France ideally tempered at 15 - 18°C as an accompanying wine with cod with cucumber-mustard vegetables, pumpkin casserole or spaghetti with caper-tomato sauce.

Awards for Le Marquis de Calon Segur Saint Estèphe from Château Calon-Ségur

In addition to an excellent value-for-money ratio, this red wine from Château Calon-Ségur can also boast numerous awards and top ratings above 90 points. In detail, for the 2019 vintage these are

• Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate - 90-92 points
• Decanter - 93 points
• James Suckling - 92 points
• Jancis Robinson - 17 points

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