<object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/liyyH2kzLbg"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/liyyH2kzLbg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"></embed></object> Deep red on the core surrounded by a bright ruby rim. The nose offers very attractive floral notes of lilac and violet followed by fresh soft fruit followed by a hint of alcohol. Lush sweet and dark on the palate with black licorice blackberry and cassis flavors. Nice structure and complexity supports the wine leading to the lingering fruit finish with spicy hints of vanilla and oak.

Tasted at Bordeaux Index's tasting and at the château, the 2006 Calon Segur was current winemaker Vincent Millet's first vintage. In many ways, you can see it as one of the last of the "old style" Calon Segur wines with a higher percentage of Merlot than nowadays (the 2006 consists of 33% Merlot), while I aver that the tannins are not as fine as they are nowadays. The Merlot component is vividly expressed on the nose with ravishing ripe red cherries, kirsch and strawberry, just slightly smudged by the alcohol. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannin, quite sexy in style but it does not have the class of more recent vintages and it seems to have remained tough up on the finish. It will loosen up with time, so afford this another 6-8 years in bottle. Tasted January 2016. - Neal Martin

This wine's rich red fruit rides above firm stony St-Estèphe tannins the contrast providing some delicate detail and more serious depth. As the tannins increase their grip with air the fruit gets redder like the skin of a ripening plum. Calon-Ségur on a hill just outside the village of St-Estèphe often grows vin de garde; this vintage should be a keeper.