racy acids and an envelopingly pillowy mousse

Good stuff

That linear flinty note is just terrific

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Calon Segur Vintage:1996 racy acids and an envelopinglyTasted 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