Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend

First aged 09 I’ve opened …tasted a ton of 09’s upon release. I’m now all in on the comparison of the 82 & 09 vintage.

Beautiful fruit & elegance defined.

Slightly surprising wine & valve from this producer.

The couple of cases at my mother's house are being slowly depleted. A terrific wine and exceptional value.

Very good value wine at approx. 22 euro. Ripe fruit on the nose, mild white pepper on the palate that softened after a day. Would buy again.

2009: lovely as ever. All classic ripe Cab Sauv, blackcurrant, cassis, and well integrated age and oak; meaty, leather, cedar, tobacco and lovely vibrant graphite pencil note. Becoming more resolved on the palate, good acid but softening tannic structure. Good

Excellent style, open and opulent. Dark blackcurrant, gravelly, graphite, stone, tobacco and ash. Well integrated green pepper and mint. Medium to full, good grainy tannic structure and vibrant acidity to back it up. Really coming into its own. Great length, and very good typicity

Great, very open mocha with juicy blackcurrant, perfumed with background notes of cedar & graphite. Palate also has plenty of light, open, juicy red berry fruit with a well judged lick of oak that comes through on the finish

Forty minutes in…my, what a lovely wine.

Super tasty deep #saintestephe cab merlot paired with perfect wagyu burger

Great value at $50.00 from K&L
Web notes,

The owner of this Chateau, Calon Segur takes some of it name Calon from the word 'calones' which were small transport skiffs that used to haul goods up and down the Gironde river. Back then boats were the best mode of conveyancing wine plus preferable to the reluctant donkey and other landlubbing transports. This fact is a big reason for this region's long successful trading history. Much to the dismay of more land locked wine making regions, Bordeaux enjoyed direct access to the water. Happily shipping great wines such as Chateau Capburn Gasqueton for centuries. As this red wine was transported away from the port, the owners would farewell it's strawberry and raspberry driven fruit flavours bound for distant thirsty lands. It's beautiful chalky tannins and fine oak would be missed as they were well on the way to our store's shelves, cellars and tummies. Hence raise a big cheers to the diminutive but very essential Calons! (And amazing value Bordeaux reds)
Chateau Capburn Gasqueton is situated in St Estephe, on the left bank of Bordeaux, France. Grapes have been grown on the property's grounds since the 12th century. However, the 18th century saw it's elevation into quality wine production when Nicolas-Alexandre, owner of Latour, Lafite and Mouton bought the Chateau along with Chateau Calon Segur. From 1894 to 2012 the Gasqueton family owned the Chateau - producing wines of great finesse and elegance. In 2013 the French insurance company Suravenir bought Chateau. Since then they have heavily invested in upgrading the estate whilst ensuring they preserve this historic and treasured wine producer. Its vineyard comprises of 62% Cabernet, 37% Merlot and a petite drop of 1% Petite Verdot!

Give this 72% Cab / 28% Merlot two hours in a decanter and you will be amply rewarded.