The Marquis of Calon Ségur - Château Calon Ségur - Saint-Estèphe 2018 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48

Vinous

86-88 / 100

byNeal Martinthe11/15/2019

The 2018 Le Marquis de Calon was cropped at 41hl/ha and underwent a 20-day cuvaison, matured for 17 months in 30% new oak. It has a slightly confit-like bouquet, more red fruit than black (unlike the previous vintage) with hints of fresh fig developing with time in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweet confit-like entry, although I notice a slight greenness underneath that juts out on the slightly peppery finish. Not bad, although the 2017 demonstrates more composure and class.

WeinWisser

18 / 20

the5/7/2019

Vinifera

92-94 /

byJacques Perrinthe5/1/2019

Belle profondeur au nez. Bouche dense et structurée grâce à l'apport de très beaux cabernets issus de jeunes vignes qui fonctionnenet à merveille dans l'assemblage et donnent de l'allant aux merlots issus de vignes plus âgées. Très belle finale parfaitement découpée, étonamment fraîche et stylée.  

Vinous

91-93 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe5/1/2019

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.

Jeb DUNNUCK

93-95 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/1/2019

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.

The Wine Cellar Insider

90-92 / 100

byJeff Levethe4/23/2019

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.

Wine Advocate

92-94 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe4/23/2019

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!

Jamessuckling.com

91-92 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe4/12/2019

A fruity and pretty second wine with medium body, fine tannins and a juicy and earthy undertone.

Jean-Marc QUARIN

90 / 100

byJean-Marc Quarinthe4/8/2019

Decanter.com

91 / 100

byJane Ansonthe4/1/2019

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