Le Marquis de Calon-Ségur, St-Estèphe - 2020

Provenance: Bordeaux
Appellation: Saint-Estèphe
Domain: Calon-Ségur
Grape variety(ies): 53% cabernet sauvignon, 38% merlot, 7% cabernet franc, 2% petit verdot.
On-call time: 15 years
Style of wine: Vin de grand terroir
Note: 93/100

Another strong wine in the Calon-Ségur stable this year, showing depth and clarity of flavour. No getting around the concentration in the tannins, well balanced by brambled berry fruits and the St-Estèphe feeling of confident power. After an extremely dry July, here they saw 45mm of rain in three days in August, followed by another stretch of no rain from 15 August to 21st September. Helps explain the low 33hl/ha yields. 30% new barrels. 3.7pH. - Decanter. Guide Vert RVF : 93/100

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Technique

Viticulture

Second wine of Château Calon Ségur. Consulting oenologist: Éric Boissenot. Soil: thick layer of gravel deposited by the river in the quaternary period. The subsoil is predominantly clay of Tertiary age. At the top of the gravel deposits, there is also a thin layer of clay of lacustrine origin. Area under production: 45 hectares (50 hectares planted). Average age of the vines: 22 years. Double Guyot pruning. 8,000 vines per ha and yields of 45 hl per ha.

Oenology

Manual harvesting. First control of the grapes on the vine. Vibrating screen and manual sorting table. Temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. Vatting period of 18 to 21 days. 17 months maturation, 30% new barrels. Fining with egg white.