1995 Calon Segur | FINE+RARE Wines

12x75cl

7 Immediate | 3 Marketplace

£1,390.00

6xMags

0 Immediate | 5 Marketplace

£1,390.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 8 Marketplace

£118.00

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

£475.00

Scores + Notes

Average Score

Critic Notes

Incredible nose of crushed berries, flowers, spices and nuts. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, long finish. Powerful and solid. Builds on the palate. Give it time.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2009. – James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2007

Score: 95-/100Wine Spectator

This is the most massively structured Calon in this range apart from the 2000. The colour of this dark crimson wine runs right out to the rim. Very dense and toasty nose - almost oaky! But with strong animal notes too. Very very thick and concentrated. The tannins are well covered by ripe fruit.www.jancisrobinson.com, 09 Dec 2001

Score: 18-/20Jancis Robinson

Tasted from an ex-chateau bottle at BI Wine & Spirits Calon-Segur dinner in London. The 1995 Calon-Segur was the vintage that raised the profile of this estate and heralded the start of the late Mme Gasqueton's era. At 20 years of age, it shows no signs of reaching the end of its plateau. Far from it. It has an endearing bouquet that still seems youthful: brambly red fruit, asphalt and a light marine influence. Allowing the wine to open, there is a subtle winegum scent. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, impressive depth and backbone, the second half having mellowed in recent years, rendering this approachable; hints of secondary truffle and smoke notes emerging with aeration. It has been several years since I last tasted this wine, but it is one that seems to become more and more impressive with age. Robert Parker rightly lauded this Calon-Segur at the time of release. Twenty years on, it is fulfilling all its promise. Tasted March 2015. Oct 2016, www.robertparker.com

Score: 94-/100Neal Martin

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. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2035.||Proprietor Madame Gasqueton (one of The Wine Advocate's heroines of 1997) has produced two unqualified back to back successes. Kudos to Calon-Segur, as both the 1995 and 1996 wines have a strong buy recommendation from me, but only for readers who have the patience to wait them out. Wine Advocate.February, 1998

Score: 92-/100Robert Parker

About The Producer

The producer

Chateau Calon Segur

Wedding gift lists traditionally include wine glasses or cutlery, but in 1718, Nicolas-Alexandre de Ségur, the owner of Château Lafite and Château Latour and president of the Bordeaux parliament, received a rather more impressive present: Château Calon. De Ségur is reported to have fallen for Calon's charms and liked to say his heart was in Calon, with this sentiment making it to the estate's symbol which adorns its label to this day. The estate has made many fine wines in celebrated vintages but since its acquisition by French insurance firm Suravenir in 2012, its makers are now consistently harnessing the truly great potential of this site with critics falling hard for recent vintages.

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Product Details

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-region

St Estephe

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

12.5%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-region

St Estephe

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

12.5%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window

Average Score

Critic Notes

Score: 95-/100Wine Spectator

Score: 18-/20Jancis Robinson

Score: 94-/100Neal Martin

Score: 92-/100Robert Parker

The producer

Chateau Calon Segur

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Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-region

St Estephe

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

12.5%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-region

St Estephe

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

12.5%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window