52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot.
55 Hectares vineyard. Average age of the vines : 22 years.
Hand picking. Temperature controlled conical stainless steel tanks. 15 months in 50% new barrels.
"Tasted from an ex-château 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 Estèphe. The palate is medium-bodied with dense, firm tannin that provide a rigid backbone, but it is swathed in copious tobacco-drenched black fruit and a superb line of acidity. It finishes with a twist of bitter cherry on the finish that completes what is a deeply impressive Calon-Ségur; it might just outclass the 2005. Tasted March 2015. Drink by 2050."
Robert Parker Wine Advocate 94pts.