2000 Calon Segur - 750ml

Wine With Bok - 9/10 Stars
This is a highly potential wine. From the first nose it already showed an interesting character; concentrated tea leaves mingling with big fruits. The wine does not overpower on the palette, a very balanced wine. It does not shout, nor is the wine shy, it slowly reveals itself. The fruits are very subdued, it’ll take another 2 decades for this wine to mature, as the searing tannins are everywhere within the wine. I’d award it 10 stars down the road without a doubt as right now it’s not ready to drink.

Wine Advocate - 94 points
The 2000 Calon Segur is one of those wines that reminds you how great the millennial vintage could be. Now at 15 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 Estèphe. The palate is medium-bodied with dense, firm tannin that provide a rigid backbone, but it is swathed in copious tobacco-drenched black fruit and a superb line of acidity. It finishes with a twist of bitter cherry on the finish that completes what is a deeply impressive Calon-Ségur; it might just outclass the 2005. (10/2016)

James Suckling - 93 points
This is an ultra-fine textured red with mint, stone and blackberry aromas and flavors. Full body, fresh and bright. Extremely long finish. (1/2017)