2012 Château Calon-Ségur

Community Tasting Notes (34) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  1/15/2023 - sidaga Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Oeil rubis dense;
  Nez en un bloc, principalement sur le cassis, les petits fruits noirs, les feuilles de tabac & le graphite. Il y une légère pointe fumée & du cèdre en arrière plan. Malgré ces beaux parfums, le bouquet laisse croire que le temps va bonifier l'ensembles mais déjà fort invitant à ce stade-ci.
  La bouche est plus souple que le l'ai aniticipé, principalement sur le cassis en premier temps & sur des notes plus austère en fin de bouche comme la mine à crayon & une amertume plutôt agréable. L'ensemble est bien structuré mais bien balancé par le fruit & l'acidité. Les tannins sont nombreux mais assez fin. Tout comme le nez, je m'attendais à qqchose de plus fermé & austère mais l'ensemble est fort agréable présentement (sans dire que ce dernier est ouvert & prête pour autant...). Fort agréable présentement!

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  12/24/2022 - spillwine wrote: 94 Points

  Rond et voluptueux.

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  12/17/2022 - La Ronde Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Beautiful. I couldn’t really add anything else to what the previous two recent tasters had observed. So delicious.

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  3/8/2022 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points

  Bordeaux 2012 - 10 Years On - 33 Reds: All wines tasted blind. Not decanted. A few observations: 1) 2012 is a good quality vintage without the depth/length of great vintages. Still, one of the better “off-vintages”. 2) Many but not all wines are drinking well today. They are generally open, round and fleshed out. 3) Further cellaring is advised as there are hardly any tertiary aromas yet and that extra complexity will render the wines more interesting. The wines generally have the structure and fruit to age gracefully. 4) The level of ripeness/alcohol are not a concern (09, 10, 15, 18 have more problems in that area). 5) Left bank (avg. 92.2 pts) beats right bank (91.0) (group has right bank a notch ahead). The overall group avg. score is at a good 92.1, but unsurprisingly below past retrospectives of better vintages (00, 09, 10). 6) There are highlights on both sides: my best wines today were Ausone (96 pts), Mouton (96), Cheval (95) and Margaux (95).
  
  TN: This Calon clearly edged out the Montrose in the same flight (rated 90 pts). Calon Segur is a bold, ripe and sexy wine. Precise, sexy toasty and coffee notes, very ripe dark and blue fruit on the inviting nose. On the palate this is round and creamy, no weight and the same aroma profile. The ripeness and sweetness help to make this wine very approachable early on. But while many other left banks still have a lot of upside potential, I’m not fully convinced that this will age as gracefully as others. 94 pts is probably a peak rating for this wine.
  
  Decanting: Needs no extended decanting.
  
  Group rank: Shared 5th out of 33 reds
  Group average score: 93.8
  
  More information, vintage comparisons, top and worst 10 list, appellation rankings from the group in the story link.

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  2/7/2022 - sirpat00 wrote: 95 Points

  Bordeaux 2012 10 years on tasting: A 2012 Bordeaux vintage horizontal hosted by a private collector. Main observations were: 1/ Left bank beats right bank thanks to Paulliac, St Estèphe and Margaux, 2/ (over-)extraction was a frequent issue, making this a vintage where winemaking decisions and skill mattered, 3/ as such, unsurprisingly, first growths and right bank equivalents clearly outperformed the pack, 4/ highlights were Ausone (97) followed by Cheval Blanc, Mouton, Pichon Lalande (all 96), 5/ the lowlight was an over-extracted Pape Clement (88). Complete ranking and additional observations included in the tasting story.
  
  Tasting note:
  Earthy, mushrooms, minty layers surround a ripe, precise and delineated fruit. Also Kirsch, coffee, dark chocolate. Lots of muscle but in good balance. Very wild but I think this could turn into a real beauty. This is close to first growth quality in this vintage.

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