Blackberry and cassis fruits, liquorice root, salted carramel, feels very much at the start of its drinking window, tannins beginning to smooth out, corners softened, tobacco notes rising from mid palate onwards. This is enjoyable and accomplished, with grip and character. 100% new oak. Two years after it had been sold by the Gasqueton family to Suravenir Insurance.

Right from the first nose you can sense the absolute quality of this wine, the depth of the cassis, bilberry, charcoal and chocolate scents. This is still extremely young and the tannins are at full attention, but there is so much complexity here and it's very clear that this wine is going the distance. I loved it at en primeur and it is shaping up brilliantly in bottle. You could drink in a few years with a carafing, but it will need another five or so years to really start to loosen up. A buy for me, it's great quality. The blend is rounded off with 2% Petit Verdot. 100% new oak. Read more at https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-calon-segur-st-estephe-3eme-cru-classe-2014-10461#WtLPQF41fMA48lhD.99

This is a beautifully perfumed wine. With a high proportion of ripe Cabernet Franc, it is not only structured but has a fine dried fruit character that gives the wine a memorable richness. The wine is tight with its tannins, likely to age over decades. Drink from 2027.

The 2014 Calon Ségur has to be considered an undeniable success in the vintage, offering the elegance, balance, and charm that’s the hallmark of this late growing season. Still relatively tight and reserved, with beautiful notes of black currants, smoked earth, graphite, and tobacco leaf, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, beautiful purity, and a layered, elegant style that opens up with time in the glass. It has more density than the 2015 and will keep for two decades or more.

Medium to deep garnet in color, the 2014 Calon Segur gallops out with classic notes of cigar box, cassis, and graphite plus nuances of leather and dried leaves. The medium-bodied palate is tightly wound and minerally, with impressive tension and a chewy finish.

The 2014 Calon Ségur has a fresh and vibrant nose, a bit backward and broody, but there is concentration here, just tightly coiled at the moment. There are touches of iodine and sea spray present. The palate is medium-bodied with juicy ripe tannins, quite dense and fleshy, but there is enormous weight and backbone on the back end that I think will see this mature in style. Tasted blind at Bordeaux Index's 10-Year-On tasting and Southwold 10-Year-On tasting. -- Neal Martin

On the darker side of the spectrum, with dark currant, plum and blackberry fruit, inlaid with ample dried bay and tobacco notes. Pepper and charcoal details fill in the finish, adding range and energy. A touch sauvage in style, this will have fans for sure. Best from 2020 through 2030. — J.M.

The 2014 Calon Ségur has a much more reticent bouquet than either the 2014 Montrose or Cos d'Estournel. There is blackberry here, a hint of cassis and violets, fine purity but bolshie and withdrawn at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe tannin, more red fruit than the Montrose with a smooth, quite silky Merlot-like, graphite finish. Tasted on two occasions in Bordeaux, the second bottle exuded more panache and joie-de-vivre, coming across a little more spicy with a longer aftertaste. - Neal Martin