Calon Segur: Chateau Calon Segur 3eme Cru 2025

Chateau Calon Segur 3eme Cru 2025

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Cabernet Sauvignon 80%, Merlot 17%, Cabernet Franc 2%, Petit Verdot 1%
rød, tør
13,5% Vol.
Drikkemoden: 2034–2065
Pakket ind i: 6 OHK flad
voluminøs og kraftfuld
rig på tanniner
Lobenberg: 97–99/100
Jane Anson: 98/100
Alexandre Ma: 97–98/100
Tim Atkin: 97/100
Jeff Leve: 96–98/100
Frankrig, Bordeaux, Sankt Estephe
Allergener: Sulfitter,
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Chateau Calon Segur 3eme Cru 2025

97–99
/100

35 hl/ha - betydeligt mindre end i de foregående år (omkring 42 hl/ha i 2024). Meget små, meget koncentrerede bær, plus en usædvanlig kort, hurtig høst på knap to uger. Modnet i over 20 måneder i 100 % nyt træ, som er overraskende fint integreret og aldrig dominerer. Næsen er straks fuld af fyldig, mørk frugt: sorte kirsebær, modne brombær, cassis og lidt blomme. Meget tæt, meget indbydende, med masser af charme og et næsten overdådigt udseende. Bagved ligger fine noter af mørk chokolade, mokka og ristede mandler samt et strejf af sødt wienerbrød, lidt brioche-agtigt. Suppleret af grafit, lidt cedertræ, et strejf af tobak og fine krydderier som nellike og et strejf af vanilje. På trods af intensiteten forbliver frugten klar og præcis, intet virker tungt eller overbelastet. Smagen er fyldig og saftig. Frugten er til stede, moden og båret af en fin, velintegreret sødme. Sorte kirsebær, brombær, cassis, plus lidt lakrids, et strejf af sort te og subtile mineralske noter. Tanninerne er fine, tætte og silkeagtige og giver struktur og længde uden at være hårde. Træet holder sig i baggrunden, understøtter tætheden og tilføjer dybde. En frisk åre giver spænding og balance indtil den lange finish. En meget komplet Calon Ségur: kraftfuld og koncentreret, men samtidig elegant og harmonisk. Masser af charme, masser af substans og et meget harmonisk helhedsbillede med stort lagringspotentiale.

Årsrapporten

2025 vil helt sikkert indtage sin plads blandt de bedste Bordeaux-årgange nogensinde – sammen med 2009, 2016 og 2022 – og er samtidig en af de mest afbalancerede og harmoniske årgange overhovedet. OG den er meget tidligt drikkeklar og charmerende. Sådan skal det være!

98
/100

Jane Anson om: Chateau Calon Segur 3eme Cru

The most firmly constructed wine of the Calon stable of course, but it still delivers the combination of finesse and concentration that is typical of the best wines in 2025. Much more graphite and slate on the texture of this main wine, this is one of the wines that really showcases the highest potential of the vintage, and it is an exceptional Calon. So layered, iris bud, cassis, crushed violet flowers, espresso and cocoa bean. A slow unroll. 100% new oak. 3.6 pH. Yield 35 hl/ha, Harvest September 4 to 20.

Smagsnotat
97–98
/100

Alexandre Ma om: Chateau Calon Segur 3eme Cru

I have always tended to favor Château Calon Ségur in more temperate vintages, where its finesse and gentle character often feel more compelling than in hot, dry years. Yet 2025 has quietly reshaped that belief. It is almost hard to imagine that a wine known for its precocious nature can balance 13.6% alcohol with a pH of 3.60 so effortlessly. It feels like a peony born within flame, vivid and fragile at once, where even through the heat, you can still see dewdrops clinging to its petals. There is a tenderness here that stirs a natural sense of care, while its signature sweet freshness draws you inward time and again. It is a wine made to be shared with someone you love, expressing deep affection and devotion in the most understated way.

97
/100

Tim Atkin om: Chateau Calon Segur 3eme Cru

Closed in by its jacket of new oak, giving spices, cinnamon and clove. Underneath, there is a plethora of bright red and black fruits escaping, and this develops more and more with each swirl of the glass. Lush violet, iodine, saline minerals, graphite, smoke, ash dried tea and powerful black berry fruit flavours. Extremely complex and voluptuous without being too rich, this has a fine backbone of fresh acidity and very fine tannins, all in harmony. The finish is succulent and juicy and very long. As with the other great wines, this will afford fairly early delicious consumption, for a Calon-Ségur, but will remain delivering greatness for decades to come. A great achievement from this always reliably brilliant estate under the direction of Vincent Millet.

Smagsnotat
96–98
/100

Jeff Leve om: Chateau Calon Segur 3eme Cru

Dark in color, the perfume delivers a wealth of red, purple, and white flowers from the start, then shifts to a display of red, with black pit fruits and berries. The vivid palate seals the deal with seemingly endless waves of ripe fruit, an array of spices, mint, and peppery chocolate. Long, refined, powerful, restrained, and focused, the finish seamlessly continues that theme. The wine blends 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. 13.6% ABV. Yields were 35 hectoliters per hectare. The harvest took place September 4 - September 20. This represents the earliest vintage in the history of the estate. The wine is aging in 100% new, French oak barrels. Drink from 2032-2065.

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Calon Segur

Calon Segur er en meget traditionel vingård i mange henseender. Dens historie går tilbage til romertiden, hvor Saint-Estèphe blev kaldt "de Calones". Vinene var meget gode i det meste af det 20. århundrede - med et lille dyk i tresserne og halvfjerdserne - og har været fremragende igen siden 1988.

Chateau Calon Segur 3eme Cru 2025