Chateau Calon-Segur 2005 Size::6 Bottle Case with its richness and dryness

with its richness and dryness finely in balance

quince and preserved lemon and underneath a background that suggests lemon shortbread and mushrooms

The 2015 Reserve de la Comtesse is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon

while the new plantings are between 7

A nose suggesting sticky

Chateau Calon-Segur 2005 Size::6 Bottle Case with its richness and drynessThis is a wonderfully constructed wine, with very fine, silky tannins and an intense core of classic brambly St Estphe fruit with a whiff of mulberries. It is pure and fresh with the 60% Cabernet Sauvignon brooding, as if waiting to leap out very much to the fore. This is completely different to their famous 2003, and although Madame will not be drawn on the matter, we certainly think it is considerably superior.