Chateau Calon Segur, 3eme Classe, St Estephe, Bordeaux, 2009 Burle The move paid off as

The move paid off as Domingos has become the only producer in history to twice receive the Portuguese ”Winemaker of the Year“  The winery was founded in 1992 and farms exclusively from Estate owned vineyards or “Quintas”

Great with cheese or fois gras

An expressive and charming aroma of red cherries

The resulting wine is feather-light

for what is a more southerly and warmer wine region

Chateau Calon Segur, 3eme Classe, St Estephe, Bordeaux, 2009 Burle The move paid off asThe 2009 has the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon (90%) ever included in a Calon Segur (the rest is Merlot and Petit Verdot). Completely different from its St. Estephe brethren, it is more backward and structured with a dense purple color, lots of black cherry, black currant, loamy earth, forest floor and spice notes, excruciatingly high levels of tannin, and a wonderful inner core of sweetness and concentration. It could behave like the 1982,