Château Calon-Ségur Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1995

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

This was in a great spot tonight.

Michael Herzog

On the gradual ride down. Nice secondary fruit. Cranberry, tomato, cedar. Just lovely.

Shawn R

Top of its game.

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

Blind I said 98 Les Carmes but the gritty tannins and mint forest floor was the giveaway this is a 95 and St. Estephe.

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

It has taken a long time for this 95 Calon Segur to settle in. Finally, after two previous bottles. If you buy this producer, expect to wait 20 plus years for really good things with better vintages. While it’s very good, it has not revealed its best self. I think another 5-8 years before it peaks with another 15 years of good drinking ahead. Properly stored of course. This still needed a two hour decant to settle it earthiness & funk. The nose still reveals a fair amount of earth but, it has calmed. Classic Claret older nose. Ripe, candied & floral fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries, strewed strawberries, baked plum, macerated cherries, cooked rhubarb with hints of blueberries and raspberries softly over the top. Old tobacco, old, soft leather, limestone, dry stone, dark spice, nutmeg, vanillin, dry twig, graphite, dry crushed rocks, steeped fruit tea, forest floor, mushrooms, raspberry cola with withering to fresh, dark; red, purple, blue florals framed in violets. The body is round & leaner from age. It’s clean wire to wire. The structure, tension, balance and length are just starting to hit their stride. It is gloriously lush on the palate. Ripe, candied & floral fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries, strewed strawberries, baked plum, macerated cherries, cooked rhubarb with hints of blueberries and raspberries softly over the top. Old tobacco, old, soft leather, limestone, grey volcanics, dry stone, dark spice, nutmeg, vanillin, dark chocolate, some caramel, shades of black licorice, dry twig, graphite, sage, hint of cooked green pepper, sweet tarriness, dry crushed rocks, steeped fruit tea, forest floor, mushrooms, raspberry cola with withering to fresh, dark & candied; red, purple, blue florals framed in violets. The acidity is dead on. The long finish is; balanced fruit & earth, elegance that slides into persistent earth and dark spice with just the right amount of heat. Paired with New York Strip w/ Root Vegetables Tain, Cipollini, King Trumpet & Peppercorn Demi-glaze & Duck Fat Fries. Have yet to have anything but a very good meal @Compline Napa. As well, they have a very nice selection of reasonably priced wines in their retail shop. Owned & operated by Master Sommelier Matt Stamp & partner(s).

Eduardo Bolaños

Sommelier Terroni Downtown LA

Very gravelly

Kirsten Alder

Good wine, good food, good friends. Heaven.

Jake Hajer

Tannins and sediment drop, but so fresh!

Mike Saviage

Still ruby, not quite opaque. OK red currant nose, with sour cherries and saddle leather. Absent finish. This seems like it's either closed down, or it's missing fruit to match the strong acidity and tannic structure of the wine, or both. Even with 5 hrs of air, it didn't change much.

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

Dark cassis, lead pencil shavings, graphite, leather, dark earth, gravel. Soft and elegant but this 20 plus year old Bordeaux still needs another 10 plus years to hit its stride.