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If my research is correct, the 2007 vintage of Phélan Ségur is pre-consultation with Michel Rolland. Parker routinely scored these wines in the mid-to-lower 80s, clearly he didn't care for them. The 2007 is old-school Saint-Estèphe, with brooding aromas of coffee grounds, black currents, barnyard funk and freshly overturned soil. Fine tannins on the attack, tinged with cedar, and smartly capped off with dried herbs and minerals. For its price, I found it to be enjoyable.
If my research is correct, the 2007 vintage of Phélan Ségur is pre-consultation with Michel Rolland. Parker routinely scored these wines in the mid-to-lower 80s, clearly he didn't care for them. The 2007 is old-school Saint-Estèphe, with brooding aromas of coffee grounds, black currents, barnyard funk and freshly overturned soil. Fine tannins on the attack, tinged with cedar, and smartly capped off with dried herbs and minerals. For its price, I found it to be enjoyable.
Drank it at home with John and David T. Had cheese plate and rack of lamb with cumin toasted vegetables and humus. Could have been chubbier. There were no comments at the table. Enjoyed it and found it more memorable when I drank it with chateaubriand on New Year's Eve.
Drank it at home with John and David T. Had cheese plate and rack of lamb with cumin toasted vegetables and humus. Could have been chubbier. There were no comments at the table. Enjoyed it and found it more memorable when I drank it with chateaubriand on New Year's Eve.
St. Estèphe, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
