Marquis de Calon Ségur - Saint-Estèphe 2022

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

93

byJane Ansonthe3/7/2025

Deep berry fruits, but this has been skilfully handled over ageing, fresh mint leaf notes that add a streak of freshness, good stuff, with plenty of slate texture. 28hl/h yield, following hail, 60% new oak for ageing. Harvest September 6 through to 27.

The Wine Cellar Insider

92

byJeff Levethe3/4/2025

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Jeb DUNNUCK

94

byJeb Dunnuckthe2/28/2025

Rocking blackcurrants, leafy tobacco, chocolate, and smoky nuances all emerge from the 2022 Le Marquis De Calon Ségur, one of the biggest, ripest, sexiest second wines in the vintage. It's full-bodied and has a round, opulent mouthfeel, sweet tannins, and a great finish. This might truly shock you with a decade of bottle age.

Yvesbeck.wine

94

byYves Beckthe2/25/2025

Que d'intensité dans le bouquet du Marquis de Calon Ségur et, surtout, que de précision, de définition, de profondeur ! Il n'a pas froid aux yeux et l'on comprend d'emblée qu'il a pour ambition de mettre la pression à son ainé ! Outre quelques nuances crayeuses … En bouche, le vin est stupéfiant de sérénité, de limpidité, de texture. Ses tannins aux grains fins sont impériaux, puissants, suaves et complétés par de fins amers consolidant la fin de bouche et canalisant la sucrosité. Un vin d'orfèvre, d'hédonistes qui ont su donner une grandeur insoupçonnée à ce cru. Il sait marcher tout seul, le grand frère n'est plus que sa référence. 2026-2040 94/100

Vinous

91

byNeal Martinthe2/12/2025

The 2022 Le Marquis de Calon Ségur is driven by Merlot on the nose, with vivid red cherry and crushed strawberry scents soaring from the glass while maintaining delineation and freshness. The medium-bodied palate offers a bit of sucrosity on the entry, transitioning into a more structured and classically styled middle and finish, with hints of black truffle emerging towards the end. This is simply a delicious Marquis de Calon Ségur.

Jamessuckling.com

94

byJames Sucklingthe2/3/2025

Lovely finesse with good depth of fruit. Tobacco, paprika, roasted spices and sweet berries. Fine-grained and dusty tannins unwind nicely on the medium- to full-bodied palate. Drink from 2027.

Vinous

90

byAntonio Gallonithe1/28/2025

The 2022 Le Marquis de Calon Ségur is dense, powerful and imposing. Black cherry, plum, incense, new leather and licorice infuse the Marquis with notable textural richness. Concentrated and tannic, the natural weight and density of the year is very much in evidence.

Decanter.com

90

byGeorgina Hindlethe5/25/2023

Rich and vibrant on the nose, smells concentrated and alcoholic. Crisp and clean on the palate however with bite to the cherry, plum and blackcurrant fruit alongside a hint of sweet strawberry and herbal raspberry on the mid palate that gives some instant energy before the clear concentration and heft of the wine shows though. Not so much in the texture but in the ripe flavours, cool minty and stone edged tannins and clear liquorice and clove spice. Still taught but detailed with elements of generosity. 2% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 3.65pH. A yield of 26hl/ha. Ageing 17 months, 30% new oak.

Vinous

89-91

byNeal Martinthe5/17/2023

The 2022 Le Marquis de Calon-Ségur, which contains 15% alcohol, represents 43% of this year's volume. There's copious red fruit on the nose, and redcurrant, wild strawberry and orange pith notes filter through with time. Shows impressive delineation considering the level of alcohol. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins and a firm structure. A fine graphite element threads from start to finish with a detailed, very Saint-Estèphe ending.

The Vintage Journal

94-94

byAndrew Caillard MWthe5/17/2023

Medium deep crimson. Balsamic black current, chinotto herb aromas with underlying vanilla notes. Inky deep blackcurrant graphite hint black olive flavours and fine grainy touch sinewy tannins. Vigourous firm finish with salted liquorice notes. 58% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon 2% Cabernet Franc 2% Petit Verdot 15% alc

Jancis Robinson

16,5

byJancis Robinsonthe5/17/2023

Full, round and broad, the fruit juicy but structured and long. Merlot component excellent this year. Fairly harmonious with a bit of lift. Handles the alcohol well. (JL)

matthewjukes.com

17,5

byMatthew Jukesthe5/15/2023

The Wine Independent

90-92

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/15/2023

A blend of 58% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot, the 2022 Le Marquis de Calon Segur is deep garnet-purple in color. It strides out of the glass with confident blackcurrant jelly and blueberry pie notes, giving way to suggestions of Indian spices, dusty soil, and unsmoked cigars. Big, rich, and generously fruited, the full-bodied palate is well-supported by firm, rounded tannins and a refreshing backbone, finishing with great length. pH 3.65.

Bettane & Desseauve

93-94

by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/10/2023

Parfaite texture, marqué par ses merlots mais avec un charme évident et une maîtrise de l’élégance dans le tannin exemplaire. Un séducteur-né.

Jeb DUNNUCK

91-93

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/10/2023

The second wine of Calon Ségur, the 2022 Le Marquis De Calon is more Merlot-dominated and checks in as 58% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. It has an up-front, lush, medium to full-bodied style as well as textbook notes of darker, currant-like fruits, leafy herbs, and lead pencil savings. It's an outstanding second wine that will shine right out of the gate.

Vinous

89-91

byAntonio Gallonithe5/9/2023

The 2022 Le Marquis de Calon Ségur is a serious and potent second wine. Super-ripe red cherry, spice, leather, tobacco and cedar all race across the palate. All the natural richness of the year comes through in this decidedly potent, intense Saint-Estèphe. Today, the elevated alcohol is a bit distracting. Drinking window : 2026-2037

The Wine Cellar Insider

92-94

byJeff Levethe5/5/2023

Spearmint, cigar wrapper, black pit fruits, and licorice show in the nose. On the palate, the wine is sweet, fresh, and chalky with loads of currants, and a touch of licorice in the fruit-packed finish. The wine is a blend of 58% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. 15% ABV, 3.65 pH. Drink from 2025-2040.

Wine Advocate

91-93

byWilliam Kelleythe5/2/2023

One of several over-performing second wines in this vintage is the 2022 Le Marquis de Calon-Ségur, a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and seamless Saint-Estèphe redolent of minty berries, licorice and rose petals. Lively and penetrating, it punches above its weight.

Jamessuckling.com

93-94

byJames Sucklingthe4/19/2023

A racy and refined red with currants and crushed stone character as well as ovaltine. Medium-bodied. Polished and focused.