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Le Marquis de Calon Segur 2015
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Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
The 2015 Le Marquis de Calon-Segur is blended of 57% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc, aged in 50% new and 50% one-year-old French oak barrels for 17 months. Deep garnet-purple in color, it has a balsamic nose with dark cherries and notes of truffles and chargrill. The medium-bodied mouth is fine, fresh and lithe with chewy tannins and an earthy finish.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2015 Marquis de Calon Segur is a blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc cropped at 47 hectoliters per hectare and matured in 50% new wood over the next 17 months. The blend is indicative of a decreasing proportion of Merlot. The nose is very attractive, quite rich and opulent in style, macerated black cherries, cassis and violet, nicely defined and gaining intensity in the glass. The palate is smooth on the entry with ripe blackberry and boysenberry fruit. There is a little graininess to the texture and a pleasant salinity that just crescendos towards the finish, leaving a marine-influenced residue in the mouth. This has very good potential and is certainly an improvement in terms of the deuxième vin compared to previous vintages.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Bottled in June 2017, the 2015 Le Marquis de Calon-Ségur was actually more closed on the nose compared to the 2015 Capbern tasted alongside and demanded more encouragement from the glass. Eventually it reveals blackberry, light charcoal and loam aromas but the aromatics clearly need another couple of years. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grain tannin, supple in the mouth with well-judged acidity. This is more open in the mouth than on the nose, already showing the fineness of the tannins. I appreciate here the precision on the finish, completing a very assured deuxième vin that should age well over the next decade.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2015 Le Marquis de Calon Ségur, the chateaux's Merlot-based second wine, is pretty, gracious and nicely lifted, all qualities that make it an excellent choice for drinking now and over the next few years. Bright, red-toned fruit, floral notes and silky, polished tannins give the wine its finesse and grace. The 2012 spent 19 months in barrel (25% new) and was bottled in September 2017, which is on the later side for second wines. In 2015, the Cabernet Franc lots that usually go into the Grand Vin were used in the Marquis. The blend is 57% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Franc. Tasted two times.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2015 Le Marquis de Calon Ségur is a pretty wine. Lifted, precise and decidedly feminine in style. Bright red cherry, blood orange, tobacco and expressive floral notes add to the wine's mid weight structure. Silky tannins add to the wine's near term appeal. I would prefer to drink the Marquis sooner rather than later. Tasted three times.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2015 Marquis de Calon has a gorgeous bouquet of ample blackberry and raspberry fruit, crushed limestone and hints of blue fruit that emerge with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, quite edgy tannin. The acidity is very well judged and lends real tension. The finish, while it might not be the most complex, it is surfeited with energy. This is a delicious second wine. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.
