Very fresh nose, filled with jammy bramble and plum, crushed stone, forest floor, tobacco, and some cedar, very elegant. Beautiful body with firm acid, fine tannins, and M+ body. Dark fruit, cocoa, forest floor, leather, and anise carry out to the finish with a medium length finish. Reaffirming my love of the left bank, St-Estephe, and Calon-Ségur - a stunning wine and great vintage with great expression, intensity, balance, and complexity. Some room to go on aging, maybe peaking in next 5 years.
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Decanted for two hours before pairing with grilled lamb chops. Deep ruby colouring with a bold nose of cassis, plum, smoke, leather, and a bit of cedar. Sharp in acidity and full of gripping tannins, the wine presents a full body of ripe dark fruit, mature oak, and smoky, leather, and coffee / dark chocolate flavours. A great wine with an impacting finish of olive, leather, and coffee flavours. Could age for many more years but I got impatient. Paired immaculately with the lamb as well. I have another bottle waiting for 2023-2024 drinking in the cellar, excited to see what happens.
2001 Château Calon-Ségur
4/30/2021 - DHop Wine Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very fresh nose, filled with jammy bramble and plum, crushed stone, forest floor, tobacco, and some cedar, very elegant. Beautiful body with firm acid, fine tannins, and M+ body. Dark fruit, cocoa, forest floor, leather, and anise carry out to the finish with a medium length finish. Reaffirming my love of the left bank, St-Estephe, and Calon-Ségur - a stunning wine and great vintage with great expression, intensity, balance, and complexity. Some room to go on aging, maybe peaking in next 5 years.
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2013 Château Gloria
1/10/2021 - DHop Wine wrote: 80 Points
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2010 Domaine de Chevalier
10/13/2019 - DHop Wine wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for two hours before pairing with grilled lamb chops. Deep ruby colouring with a bold nose of cassis, plum, smoke, leather, and a bit of cedar. Sharp in acidity and full of gripping tannins, the wine presents a full body of ripe dark fruit, mature oak, and smoky, leather, and coffee / dark chocolate flavours. A great wine with an impacting finish of olive, leather, and coffee flavours. Could age for many more years but I got impatient. Paired immaculately with the lamb as well. I have another bottle waiting for 2023-2024 drinking in the cellar, excited to see what happens.
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