Chateau Phelan Segur Saint-Estephe 2016 CALIOTHER grapefruit seed extract and copper

grapefruit seed extract and copper

Claude Cazals

complexity and tension emerge through oxidative notes and a long citrus-driven finish born from careful time in bottle

No added sulfur was used during the vinification or aging of this wine and no sugar was added during the vinification or at disgorgement

The wine is extremely pleasant

Chateau Phelan Segur Saint-Estephe 2016 CALIOTHER grapefruit seed extract and copperPhlan Sgur is one of Saint Estphe's most reliable estatesan unclassified estate (Phlan Sgur withdrew from the Cru Bourgeois system in 2010) sitting on the Gironde riverbank next door to Montrose. The 2016 carries special significance: it was the final vintage made under the Gardinier family, who had owned and rebuilt the property since 1985 before selling to Belgian investor Philippe Van de Vyvere in 2018. The vintage itself was one of Bordeaux's