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Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2025 Calon Ségur is a total head-turner. Aromatic and structured, the 2025 hits all the right notes. Readers will have to be patient, as the 2025 is packed with intense fruit and equally potent tannins that will need a decade to soften. This is a big, big wine. Here, too, the aromatics are so present, with lingering notes of dried herb, crushed rose petal and mint. 04/2026

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Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2025 Calon Ségur contains just a little more Merlot this year at 17%, though it is still dominated by the 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, picked between September 4 and 20 over 15 days at 35 hl/ha. It represents 65% of the estate's total production this year. As usual, this is matured entirely in new French oak for a planned 20 months. This has immense clarity and precision on the nose, blackberry and cedar, a little sous-bois, beautifully delineated and more elegant than some recent vintages. The new wood is folded in and barely noticeable even at this early juncture. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy, slightly chalky tannins on the entry. There is quite a conspicuous marine/estuarine element with hints of Japanese nori infusing the black fruit, almost briny in style…I like that. It gives this Calon personality and bandwidth. Classical in style and lower alcohol at 13.6% compared with recent releases (the 2022 was 14.5%), this has a very promising future. 05/2026

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William Kelley

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

A blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, the 2025 Calon-Ségur offers up a deep and incipiently complex bouquet of dark berries, rose petals and violets, framed by a deft touch of new oak. Full-bodied, deep and layered, with terrific energy, abundant but ultra refined tannins and a long, penetrating finish, it checks in at a very classically proportioned 13.6% alcohol and pH of 3.6. 04/2026

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Jeb Dunnuck

Jeb Dunnuck

A big step up over the Marquis, the 2025 Château Calon Ségur is based on 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot, and will spend 20 months in 100% new oak. The nose reveals ripe plums, cassis, and black raspberries alongside smoky tobacco and violet notes. On the palate, it's full-bodied, round, and lush, with tons of fruit, ripe, polished tannins, and a great finish. It checks in at 13.6% alcohol with a pH of 3.6. This ripe, polished, sexy Saint-Estèphe will offer tons of pleasure in its youth yet should also age gracefully. 05/2026

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Jean-Marc Quarin

Jean-Marc Quarin

Couleur noire. Nez intense, fruité, subtil et complexe, évoluant sur des notes de fruits noirs intenses dans le verre. Ultra minutieux en entrée de bouche, particulièrement aromatique au milieu, avec de la classe dans le toucher, le vin fond sur le palais, juteux, profond et noble. Il a pour lui une permanence du gras sans une once de tanicité. Impossible à cracher. Assemblage : 80 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 17 % Merlot, 2 % Cabernet Franc, 1 % Petit Verdot. Degré d'alcool : 13°16 - pH : 3,6. Rendement : 33 hl/ha. 15 % de vin de presse. 04/2026

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James Suckling

James Suckling

Aromas of ripe black currants, yet menthol and other fresh herbs come through. Medium body, with firm and slightly chewy tannins and a savory finish. Plenty going on here. 80% cabernet sauvignon, 17% merlot, 2% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot. 04/2026