12 BOTTLES PER LOT
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CHâTEAU CALON-SéGUR--VINTAGE 2001
SAINT-ESTèPHE, 3ME CRU CLASSé
TASTING NOTE: I SUSPECT THIS 2001 WILL SHUT DOWN (AS MOST YOUNG CALON-SéGURS DO), ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS MORE FORWARD AND EVOLVED THAN THE HUGE, BACKWARD, BUT TOTALLY DORMANT 2000. THE PLUM/RUBY-COLOURED 2001 REVEALS AROMAS OF DAMP EARTH, CRANBERRIES, CHERRIES, HERBS, AND FOREST FLOOR. WHILE LIGHTER THAN ITS OLDER SIBLING, IT IS MEDIUM-BODIED, ELEGANT, AND SHOULD EMERGE FROM ITS POST-BOTTLING SLEEP IN 4-5 YEARS, AND DRINK WELL FOR 14-15. THINK OF IT AS A LIGHTER-WEIGHT 1988 (ONE OF THE STARS OF THE VINTAGE). ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE 153, JUNE 2004.
12 BOTTLES PER LOT
SAINT-ESTèPHE, 3ME CRU CLASSé
TASTING NOTE: I SUSPECT THIS 2001 WILL SHUT DOWN (AS MOST YOUNG CALON-SéGURS DO), ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS MORE FORWARD AND EVOLVED THAN THE HUGE, BACKWARD, BUT TOTALLY DORMANT 2000. THE PLUM/RUBY-COLOURED 2001 REVEALS AROMAS OF DAMP EARTH, CRANBERRIES, CHERRIES, HERBS, AND FOREST FLOOR. WHILE LIGHTER THAN ITS OLDER SIBLING, IT IS MEDIUM-BODIED, ELEGANT, AND SHOULD EMERGE FROM ITS POST-BOTTLING SLEEP IN 4-5 YEARS, AND DRINK WELL FOR 14-15. THINK OF IT AS A LIGHTER-WEIGHT 1988 (ONE OF THE STARS OF THE VINTAGE). ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE 153, JUNE 2004.
12 BOTTLES PER LOT
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Offered duty paid, but available in bond. VAT at 17.5% will be charged on the hammer price on removal of the lot from bond.