Chateau Calon Segur, 3eme Classe, St Estephe, Bordeaux, 2009 sangiovese Fermentation is with natural yeasts

Fermentation is with natural yeasts and the wine is raised in clay amphorae for six months

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Chateau Calon Segur, 3eme Classe, St Estephe, Bordeaux, 2009 sangiovese Fermentation is with natural yeastsThe 2009 has the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon (90%) ever included in a Calon Segur (the rest is Merlot and Petit Verdot). Completely different from its St. Estephe brethren, it is more backward and structured with a dense purple color, lots of black cherry, black currant, loamy earth, forest floor and spice notes, excruciatingly high levels of tannin, and a wonderful inner core of sweetness and concentration. It could behave like the 1982,