1955 Château Phélan Ségur

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90 points

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  10/17/2021 - Cailles wrote: 91 Points

  30x 1955 & 1961 (mostly Bdx): Tasted single blind. Taste-off between the 1955 and 1961 vintages. The 1961 is the winner (rated 93 pts) thanks to a fully mature aroma profile, good complexity and a flawless structural frame. The 1955 (rated 91 pts) showed a bit less complex and had some heat as well as a slightly astringent finish but was nevertheless a good wine. These Phelan Segurs outperformed my expectations and performed better than their neighbouring Calon Segurs from the same vintages (rated 87 and 93 pts) in the same flight.
  
  TN: Intriguing nose with black truffles, minerality and some brett (not too much, just enough). The palate shows wonderfully creamy with the same aromas along some dark red and dark fruit, and some herbs. Medium precision and complexity. Fine tannins and the beforementioned nicely creamy texture but with just a hint too much not integrated acidity towards the finish.
  
  Decanting: Not decanted. No extensive decanting necessary.

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  9/20/2021 - sirpat00 wrote: 89 Points

  Grand 1961 vs 1955 vintage tasting (Fribourg): Big 1961 vs 1955 tastings including 10 direct match-ups and 11 individual wines from 1961. The tasting was conducted in flights of 4, single-blind and with no previous decant with all bottles opened 1h prior to start. The line-up was dominated by Bordeaux reds, but also included 5 Sauternes, 1 Champagne, 3 Burgundy reds and 1 Ribera del Duero. The following observations are worth mentioning: i) 1961 generally came across as a better vintage today than 1955, ii) the performance correlated with the 1855 classification, iii) The most outstanding wines were outside of the Bordeaux reds with Veuve Clicquot Rosé '61, Vega Sicilia Unico '61 (both 97) and La Tour Blanche '61 (96) worth mentioning, iv) Top-performing Bordeaux was Margaux (95) in 1961 and Mouton in 1955. List of wines included in the tasting story.
  
  Tasting note:
  Incredibly concentrated, intense, with menthol and mint elements as well as roasted coffee beans and a mix of berries. Great nose, but lots of acidity and texturally broken I found. Much preferred the '61.

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