Chateau Calon Segur 2015

A legendary Saint-Estèphe renowned for its concentrated cassis, blackberry, plum, graphite, cedar, and violet aromas. Powerful yet impeccably balanced, its refined tannins and remarkable freshness deliver exceptional depth, elegance, and extraordinary aging potential.

Food Pairing: Pair with beef Wellington, roast lamb, venison, duck breast, aged Comté, truffle dishes, or wild mushroom risotto.

96 Points - Wine Enthusiast

This dense, rich wine is firm with solid tannins. Its texture and structure give it an opulent character that brings out tannins as much as the ripe black fruits. Powerful and concentrated, it needs time to get its potential elegance in order. Then it will be a major wine, so it's worth waiting until 2027.

95 Points - Decanter

Really lovely bouquet: totally aromatic and full of finesse and restrained power. Great charm and purity of fruit on the palate, showing lovely precision and persistence. This château continues on its progression to the top.

95 Points - James Suckling

Aromas of blackberries, currants, cedar and tobacco. Full-bodied, layered and dense. Great fruit yet tight and structured. A classically proportioned red with so much intensity. A wine for the future. Try it in 2022.

94 Points - Vinous

The 2015 Calon-Ségur has a gorgeous, fresh nose with raspberry and cranberry fruit, fine delineation and, as I wrote before, exquisite oak integration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins. It's a little toasty at the moment, with good depth and a touch of allspice toward the dense finish. Perhaps this doesn't possess the complexity of the very top vintages from Vincent Millet, yet it has the legs to last many years.

93 Points - Jeb Dunnuck

The 2015 Calon Ségur checks in slightly behind the 2014 and is a more sexy, rounded, forward effort that displays fabulous sweetness in its cassis and black currant fruits, spice, graphite and floral aromas and flavors. With soft tannins, a lovely, elegant texture and medium to full body, drink it any time over the coming two decades or more.

93 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Composed of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot, the 2015 Calon-Ségur was aged in 100% new French oak barrels for 20 months. It has a deep garnet-purple color and nose of warm blackberries, cassis, black cherries and licorice with touches of roses and dark chocolate. The medium-bodied palate is firm and chewy with good concentration and a spicy finish.

93 Points - Wine Spectator

This has a nearly plush edge, surprising for the vintage, with warmed plum, blackberry and black cherry compote flavors liberally inlaid with smoldering tobacco, humus and roasted juniper notes. Keeps a fleshy edge through the finish, with a streak of warm paving stone lending an austere hint. Best from 2020 through 2035.