Chateau Calon Segur 2009The 2009 has the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon (90%) ever included in a Calon Segur (the rest is Merlot and Petit Verdot). Completely different from its St. Estephe brethren, it is more backward and structured with a dense purple color, lots of black cherry, black currant, loamy earth, forest floor and spice notes, excruciatingly high levels of tannin, and a wonderful inner core of sweetness and concentration. It could behave like the 1982,

original case OC3 - disgorged in 2008

Grivot's wines are generally matured in oak barrels for 18 months with varying proportions of new oak: Wines are bottled without fining or filtration in accordance with lunar movements and atmospheric pressure

Fine biscuity touch

The fruit flavors are beautifully integrated with fine-grained silky tannins and balanced acidity

original case of 12 bottles 750ml

incense and iris

disgorged 2009

a touch of vanilla and violet developing with time in the glass

mixed in original case

Wine Spectator

The Domaine A

cold cellar