Chateau Calon-Segur Saint-Estephe 2006 Jura and Savoie Made in the m

Made in the m

This one spent its life in German oak rather than the usual mixed cooperage

citrus and gentian create a harmonious blend

Prohibition and fashion buried the grape

and a brilliant introduction to one of the Mosel's most exciting young growers

Chateau Calon-Segur Saint-Estephe 2006 Jura and Savoie Made in the mA mature Saint Estphe approaching its twentieth birthday, and showing the quiet authority that classed growth Bordeaux earns with time. Calon Sgur is the famous Third Growth on the northern edge of the Mdoc, the one whose label bears a heart the Marquis de Sgur famously said that while he made wine at Lafite and Latour, his heart belonged to Calon. The 2006 is one of the last bottlings in the old, Merlot forward style, and it's drinking beautifully