Marquis de Calon | St.-Estèphe
Red wine | France, SAINT-ESTEPHE | 2015
The style is brought by a Cabernet Sauvignon which expresses its finesse without arrogance. Elegance is to be found everywhere, in the purity of the wine’s flavours, in the delicacy of its texture, while its depth and length are also superb. The wine’s extraordinary ability to age many years in bottle is another feature of the estate.
€38.27
31.63
excl. VAT
Specifications
Serving temperature
17-18°C
Year
2015
Type
Red wine
Country
France
Vintage
2015
Storage (years)
"> 10"
Volume
0.75
Grape & craft
Region
SAINT-ESTEPHE
Grape varieties
Cabernet Franc (7%), Cabernet Sauvignon (56%), Merlot (35%), Petit Verdot (2%)
Viticulture
Traditional
Vinification
Manual harvest. A first selection of grapes on the vine. Mechanical sorting of the grapes by vibration, followed by hand sorting.The wine is aged in new oak barrels for 20 months in new barrels, the tannins of the oak integrating harmoniously over time with the tannins of the grapes.
Flavour profile
Food pairing
Beef, Lamb, Lamb - chops, Meat - red, grilled, Mutton, Roast beef
About Marquis de Calon
Fifty-five hectares (136 acres) at the time of the 1855 classification, fifty-five hectares today: the walled vineyard of Calon Ségur is a rare example of consistency of terroir throughout the centuries.
When Jean-Pierre Denis purchased the estate on behalf of the Crédit Mutuel Arkéa group, it was both a decision made from the heart and a carefully thought-through act. He had been interested in wine since the age of 35 -a late but sincere and thorough conversion. He was as much a collector as a wine lover and held a preference for the wines of Bordeaux.
Vincent Millet joined Calon Ségur in 2006 as an estate manager and is taking on the managing direction upon himself now. Originating from Neuilly-sur-Seine he never imagined that one day he would be spending most of his time in the middle of grape vines. However, it was his encounter with oenology, when he was studying neuro-biology, which changed his life.
