2000 Château Calon Ségur, St Estèphe, Bordeaux Large Formats champagne that has been aged

champagne that has been aged for over six years but still has the sturdy power of youth

it is only with adequate ageing that they loosen up and offer their subliminal qualities

pencil shavings and subtle new oak

sour lemon and underripe peach

2000 Château Calon Ségur, St Estèphe, Bordeaux Large Formats champagne that has been agedTasted from an ex chteau bottle at BI Wine & Spirits Calon Segur dinner in London. The 2000 Calon Segur is one of those wines that reminds you how great the millennial vintage could be. Now at fifteen years old, it has a brilliant, vivacious red berry nose infused with ash and cigar box aromas. The detail here is a beguiling and it just "sings" Saint Estphe. The palate is medium bodied with dense, firm tannin that provide a rigid backbone, but it is