LiQuery - Ch�teau Calon Segur 1996

Item:	14792
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	1996 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2020-08-06
Producer:	Ulysse Cazabonne
Location:	France - Bordeaux
Price:	$336.00 Price History
Style:	Red Wine Full-bodied & Firm
Alcohol:	12.5%
Varietal:	Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Cabernet
Sugar Code:	XD (2.0 g/L)
Rating:	91
Cellar:	2035

Description
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Tasting Notes
Tasted at the ch�teau, the 1996 Calon Segur is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, 25% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. This was always a feted wine in its youth by Robert Parker and myself. Now at 20 years of age there is fine delineation on the nose with more detail than the 1986 tasted alongside. The oak is a little more present here (50% in this vintage) married with plenty of redcurrant, cedar, loam and undergrowth aromas. These aromatics can develop further. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin on the entry, perhaps one of the most youthful and backward of the 1996s that I tasted during my visits. It feels firm in the mouth, masculine, very Saint Est�phe. To critique this wine, the oak is not quite knitted to the fruit as much as it should after two decades (something that has been addressed now). It is an enjoyable Calon-Segur if not quite matching up to my admittedly high expectations. Drink date: 2016-2035. Score - 91. (Neal Martin, robertparker.com

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