Château Calon Ségur

Saint-Estèphe

2005

Blend

65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc

Wine designation

Château Calon Ségur, Red, 2005
Category: Saint-Estèphe, 3ème Grand Cru Classé, Bordeaux

Food pairing

Enjoy with entrecôte à la bordelaise, roast lamb, jugged hare, game birds, cheese platter.
Data sheet

Château Calon Ségur

Saint-Estèphe

2005

Tasting notes

The palate is very intense and disarmingly youthful, almost ferrous on entry with layers of ripe black fruit that build to an earthy finish. There’s a fine delineation, an underlying minerality that will surface with time.

Vineyard

Vineyard size: 45 hectares
Soil composition: A layer of thick quaternary gravel, with a predominantly clay sub-soil

Winemaking

Fermentation container: Tronconical stainless-stell tanks with temperature control
Maceration technique: Maceration for 20 days. Pumping over twice a day. Fermentation at 26°C. Malolactic fermentation
Aging: Oak Barrels
20 months, 100% new barrels. Fining with egg white.
Type of oak: French
Bottles produced: 8,000 vines per hectare
Winemaker: Laurent Dufau
Consulting œnologist: Eric Boissenot

Heritage in the vineyard

Domaine

Named in part after the small boats called « calones » that once navigated the Garonne River, the estate rose to prominence in the 18th century under the Marquis de Ségur, who bestowed part of his name upon this iconic estate. Now owned by the Suravenir Insurance Group, the estate is managed by Laurent Dufau.
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Green in the vineyard

Environmental practices

A commitment to sustainably run viticulture with cover crops in the vineyard pathways and parcels that are left to lie fallow to further instill biodiversity. Consciously aware of their impact of the environment, the estate has been certified classified high environmental value (HVE level 3) as of 2017. Implementing environmental dimensions into its economic strategy.