Tasting Notes:

65% Merlot
34% Cabernet Sauvignon
1% Petit Verdot

Lots of ripe red fruits and spices character on the nose. Juicy, fleshy, lovely notes of earth and sweet spices backing up the fruit, tannins and acidity. Long finish.

Technical Details:

Viticulture Sustainable Agriculture

Age of Vines: 15 years old

Vinification: Hand picking. A first selection of grapes on the vine. Mechanical sorting of the grapes by vibration, followed by hand sorting. Temperature-controlled conical stainless-steel tanks. Maceration for 18 to 21 days.

Elevage: 15 months in oak barrels (100% second fill)

Production: 80,000 bottles

Soil Type: Sandy gravel and iron-enriched limestone

About Château Calon Ségur:

While winemaking at Château Calon Ségur dates all the way back to the 12th century, the château really took off in the 18th century when legendary winemaker Nicolas-Alexandre, the Marquis de Ségur — also known as the 'prince of vines' — took over the property.

The marquis was passionate about this winery, once saying that 'I make wine at Lafitte and Latour but my heart is at Calon Segur' (hence the heart on the wine's label).

The estate went on to acquire the rank of Third Growth in the Bordeaux 1855 classification.

Today the château is owned by the Suravenir company, who are in the process of extensively renovating the estate while being careful to preserve its historic values.

The 55-hectare, single-block vineyard is entirely surrounded by a stone wall; the only vineyard in the Médoc to be so.