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1989 Château Calon-Ségur
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Estèphe
Label borrowed from 1990
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Community Tasting Notes 97
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CarpeDiem! Likes this wine: 92 points
April 15, 2023 - A wonderful, old style Bordeaux at its peak. Charming nose with sweet notes of mature cherries and raspberries, tobacco and cedar. Medium bodied, with expressive ripe fruit and phenolic notes, cedar, tobacco, chocolate and exotic spice. Improved against last bottle about 5 years ago, but consider finishing up now.
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Rani Likes this wine: 93 points
January 23, 2023 - Excellent bottle, the usual cedar and cool black fruit notes, some firm but resolved tannins. Took a bit to open up but was easy to finish. Paled a little in comparison to its younger 1990 sibling, which showed even better with more opulence.
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paulst Likes this wine: 94 points
January 18, 2023 - Cedar; austere; light berry; balanced with elegant earthy finish.
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chatters wrote:
November 23, 2022 - United Cellars Bordeaux dinner (The Gidley, King Street, Sydney): Medium minus intensity aromas of blackcurrant, plums, chalky minerality, savoury, leather, earthy, sweet spice, a little pyrazines, earth, autumn leaves, umami notes, touch of bacon fat. Medium plus intensity acidity, chalky textured tannins, savoury, black fruits, fresh, a little velvety quality on the finish, very nice indeed.
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Jeff Leve wrote: 88 points
November 1, 2022 - Firm, with a stern edge, a bit of green in the tannins, and a crunchy red berry, peppery, herbal, cedar, and cigar-packed palate, this is a wine from a throwback from a different era that some tasters will like more than I did. Drink from 2022-2032.
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By Neal Martin
A Century of Bordeaux: The Nines (Sep 2019), 9/1/2019 (link)(Calon Ségur Calon-ségur Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Mar/Apr 2019, Issue #80, Another Look At the 1989 and 1990 Bordeaux - Twin Vintages Have Taken Different Paths With Age(Château Calon-Ségur) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2014, Issue #49, Château Calon-Ségur: Changes Stirring at this Great St. Estèphe Estate(Château Calon-Ségur) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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By Richard Jennings
8/8/2009 (link) 92 points(Château Calon-Ségur) Bricking medium red violet color with floating sediment and pale meniscus; shitake mushroom, leather nose; tasty, tart leather, tobacco, ripe black fruit and graphite palate; medium-plus finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1989
- Type Red
- Producer Château Calon-Ségur
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Estèphe
- UPC Codes 3277035051353, 616773324016
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 712 (55%)
- Consumed 579 (45%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerChâteau Calon-Ségur
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Estèphe
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