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Saint-Estèphe cru bourgeois Logé en caisse bois d’origine de 6 bouteilles 75 cl Parker 91-93 | Beck 92 | Galloni 90-92 | Weinwisser 17 | Dennuck 92-94
31.35 CHF (29.00 CHF HT)
Jean-Marc Quarin 90 points www.quarin.com Ma meilleure note donnée à ce cru en primeur. Couleur sombre, intense et belle. Nez intense, fin, fruité et mûr. Bouche immédiatement éclatante de fruits, très savoureuse, minutieuse dans son déroulé et finalement charmante et incrachable. Le tout sur un corps bâti droit. Finale à la tannicité enrobée et appétante. Assemblage : 62 % cabernet sauvignon, 37 % merlot, 1 % petit verdot. Degré d’alcool : 14°64 – pH : 3,7 – IPT : 78.
Jeb Dunnuck 92-94 points www.jebdunnuck.com From the team at Calon Ségur, the 2018 Château Capbern is another smoking good Saint-Estèphe. In 2018 it’s a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot that will spend 18 months in 60% new French oak. This ripe, sexy wine (it hit 14.6% natural alcohol) sports a deep purple color as well as blockbuster notes of crème de cassis, jammy blackberries, crushed flowers, and scorched earth. Despite all the fruit and texture, it stays beautifully balanced, has classic Saint-Estèphe earthy minerality, ripe tannins, and a great finish.
Yves Beck 92 points www.yvesbeck.wine Invitantes notes florales dans ce bouquet de bonne intensité où je relève également la fraîcheur du Cabernet Sauvignon ainsi que des notes de réglisse. Attaque friande et légèrement crémeuse, agréable sucrosité. La fraîcheur variétale est également présente en bouche ce qui soutient idéalement l’expression aromatique. Le vin a du caractère grâce à des tannins serrés ainsi qu’une structure juteuse. Un vin qui allie bien élégance, finesse et puissance. Un vin qui gagne en personnalité au fil des ans. 2023-2035
Antonio Galloni 90-92 points www.vinous.com The 2018 Capbern is expressive, nuanced and inviting, with lovely upfront fruit. In 2018, Capbern is a bit compact and tightly wound, but it also has a good deal of persistence. The Cabernet is quite marked in the 2018, which is not a bad thing, it just means the wine is going to need time to be at its best. What really stands out, though, is the push and pull between the bright aromatics that this cool, clay-rich soil helped give in 2018, and the ripe, radiant fruit of the warm summer. That interplay makes for an absolutely compelling wine. Red cherry fruit, mint, dried flowers, cedar and tobacco add aromatic nuance to this highly expressive, vibrant Saint-Estèphe. The blend is 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot. Tasted two times.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown 91-93 points www.robertparker.com The 2018 Capbern is composed of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot and comes in at 14.6% alcohol. It’s anticipated to age for 16 months in barriques, 60% new. Deep purple-black in color, it leaps from the glass with vibrant scents of black raspberries, kirsch and fresh blackcurrants with nuances of cedar chest, pencil lead and forest floor plus a waft of lavender. Full-bodied, rich and packed with juicy fruit, it has a firm line of grainy tannins and loads of freshness, finishing with an herbal lift. “2018 was complicated to vinify because of the potentially high alcohols,” Laurent Dufau, Managing Director of Calon-Ségur and Capbern informed me. “Also, you had to be very gentle with extraction. You had to be soft, so as to not extract too much. The alcohol percentage of the Merlot was concerning—some came in at 16% potential alcohol! And the Cabernet Franc this year was amazing on this terroir.” Merlot was picked from September 19 to 25. The Cabernets came in September 26 to October 5. Petit Verdot came in on October 8th. Yields were pretty good here on average in 2018: 41 hectoliters per hectare. This year marks the final stages/completion of years of vineyard restructuring, new aging cellars and a gravity-fed vat room at Château Calon-Ségur. Most notably, they have been increasing vine density and slowly working on bringing more Cabernet Sauvignon rather than Merlot on line, as was the blend traditionally. No doubt about, quality at Calon-Ségur has been on an upward trajectory in recent years!