1943 Château Calon-Ségur

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 98 points

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  4/7/2019 - Clever Wine wrote: 98 Points

  I can't improve on the previous notes. I am in full agreement and understand that giving numbers to a wine that was harvested while the Hilter controlled army occupied France is just silly. I guess that is why the previous reviewers didn't give numbers to this wine. It stood upright for 3 days prior to uncorking and with light under the bottle it was poured clear until about 3/4" remained. It remained on it's side during the pouring into the decanter. It was so dark, no bricking on the meniscus, we couldn't believe it. I thought it may be a fraud judging the color was so dark. Once the bouquet hit the nose and then the wine landed on the pallet there was no doubt that it was a 1943 Calon Segur. Simply unforgetable. Here is the hook. We opened a 1994 Harlan Estate as the second wine. A wine I had always declared as my favorite having it many times. It showed itself clumsy compared to the Segur. I will never make the mistake of pouring such philosophically different wines at the same time again. And yes, they both a great providence.

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  9/3/2014 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  I have had four bottles now of the 1943 Chateau Calon-Segur from the same case and each has been terrific, this one was no exception. It too was a wine of exquisite balance and quite complete. It had a complex nose of leather, tar, earth, cigar box, sweet meats and compost. It was sweet and full in the mouth with supple tannins and a sensual texture. The structural elements are just starting to fade but the wine still has good posture and freshness.

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  12/26/2013 - Shaddo wrote:

  Fresh, fruit still prevalent, liquorice

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  8/4/2013 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  I bought a few of these and every one has been brilliant. Fresh aromas of cassis, sweet earth, cedar, mushroom and leather. Generous and full in the mouth with a light creamy feel and flavours that fill every crevice of the mouth. It is harmonious and complete and ethereal, offering up all sorts of subtle and delicate nuances with every sip.

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  6/26/2013 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  Quite fresh in its appearance with some bricking around the rim. It smells of sweet cedar, freshly tilled earth, cigar box, smoke, game and fruit. It gains perceptible depth in the glass and there is good intensity of black cherry fruit that is quite creamy against the gums. There’s a thread of liquorice running through the flavour profile and plenty of savoury nuance. It is a wine of strength with acid and tannins still giving posture and support. A complex, cerebral wine that got better with every sip.

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