2018 Le Marquis de Calon Ségur - Saint Estèphe | € 23,10 (€ 27,95) |
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Men zou vergeten hoe goed sommige tweede wijnen wel zijn in 2018. Dit is a fortiori het geval in Saint Estèphe en zeker op Calon Ségur. 2018 is een totaal succes voor dit Château. De neus vertoont heerlijke mineraliteit. De tongval is volmondig en rond. Frisheid omkadert intense tannines. Het heerlijke fruit is krokant. Wordt dit nog intenser dan 2009, nog voller dan 2016? Best mogelijk! Het sluitstuk wordt gevormd door ragfijne zuren. De kleibodem is zijn geheim: de dorst van de wijnstok bleef net gelest de hele zomer lang. De smaakbeleving is heerlijk en “fun”! 53% Merlot en 47% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14,9%vol. Elevage gedurende 17 maand op 30% nieuwe eik. IN DE PERS 91-93 Antonio Galloni – vinous.com (April 2019) The 2018 Le Marquis de Calon Ségur is a drop-dead gorgeous second wine from Calon Ségur. Bright, lifted and punchy, the 2018 has so much to offer. Expressive floral, savory and spiced notes from the Cabernet add shades of nuance to a core of dark red and purplish berry fruit. Beautifully textured and inviting, the Marquis is positively stunning in 2018. The blend is 53% Merlot and 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, mostly young vines planted between 2008 and 2012. It is a gorgeous second wine from Calon Ségur. Tasted four times. 91-92 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (April 2019) A fruity and pretty second wine with medium body, fine tannins and a juicy and earthy undertone. 91 Jane Anson – decanter.com (April 2019) A luxurious wine with really a rather beautiful texture to the palate. You get the sweetness of the black cherry and damson fruits - gorgeous flavours that make this a hedonistic style of Marquis de Calon that will make lots of people very happy. I almost hate to add that, as with the grand vin, I question the typicity and the touch of heat. The alcohols are so much higher than usual because the ripening happened quicker than usual, and the soils here are a kind of clay that heats up more quickly than cooler limestone and clay soils as found at Capbern. 41hl/ha yield. 3.65pH. Drinking Window 2024 - 2036. 92-94 Lisa Perrotti-Brown – roberparker.com (April 2019) The 2018 Le Marquis de Calon-Ségur is a blend of 53% Merlot and 47% Cabernet Sauvignon (14.9% alcohol). It is anticipated to age for 17 months in barriques, 30% new. Deep purple-black in color, it gives up opulent scents of Indian spices, menthol and plum preserves with a core of crème de cassis, baked cherries and raspberry pie plus a hint of sandalwood. Big, rich, full-bodied and voluptuously fruited in the mouth, it has bags of black fruit preserves and exotic spices with a firm, plush frame, finishing long with a minty lift. Definitely one for the hedonists! 93-95 Jeb Dunnuck – jebdunnuck.com (April 2019) Another second wine from this brilliant vintage that tastes more like a grand vin, the 2018 Le Marquis de Calon Segur offers a full-bodied, ripe, incredibly sexy profile that carries terrific amounts of currants, plums, graphite, and leafy herb-like aromas and flavors. A blend of 53% Merlot and 47% Cabernet Sauvignon brought up in 30% new French oak, it’s a head turner that’s going to drink spectacularly well right out of the gate. 16,5-17/20 Bettane & Desseauve (April 2019) 90 Jean-Marc Quarin – quarin.com (April 2019) 90-92 Jeff Leve – winecellarinsider.com (April 2019) With a spicy, leafy, ripe, juicy, fresh, medium-bodied character, this blend of 53% Merlot and 47% Cabernet Sauvignon is a delicious, early drinking, cherry-filled gem of a wine. Drink this young, while waiting for its big brother to develop. Calon SégurCalon Ségur is de meest Noordelijk gelegen Grand Cru Classé van de Médoc en één van de mooiste terroirs van Bordeaux. De wijngaard omvat 50 hectare uit één stuk, ten noordwesten van het gehucht Saint Estèphe. Er is een bovenlaag van Graves argilo-sableuses, die werd gedeponeerd door de Gironde, en een kleihoudende onderlaag. 45 hectare zijn beplant met 56% Cabernet Sauvignon 35% Merlot, aangevuld met Cabernet Franc en Petit Verdot. De Cabernet Sauvignon gedijt er prima en omvat dan ook doorgaans ¾ van het assemblage. Densiteit van aanplanting is voor hen primordiaal en ze mikken op 8.000 wijnstokken per hectare. De gemiddelde leeftijd van de wijngaard is slechts 22 jaar in 2017. |