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2016 Château Phélan Ségur, St Estèphe, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (55%), Merlot (45%)
Ready - youthful (Drink 2022 - 2044)
Jancis Robinson MW
17/20
Neal Martin
92-94/100
James Suckling
94-95/100
Jane Anson MW
94/100
Jane Anson MW
94/100
Product: 20161014147

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2016 Château Phélan Ségur, St Estèphe, Bordeaux

Description

This has an intense colour with a pleasing nose. The palate is unctuous, with round, sweet, blackberry and blue fruit. It fills the mouth, displaying the property’s trademark power and structure, and ending with a persistent, saline finish.

Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon 58%, Merlot 39%, Cabernet Franc 1.5%, Petit Verdot 1.5%
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Alcohol % 13.5%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2022 - 2044)
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (55%), Merlot (45%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Phélan-Ségur

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 17/20
Comfortable, well-balanced, bone-dry rendition. Very appetising. Very dry finish. Classical build. Far from heavy. Meaty and spicy and very agreeable to drink! Drink 2025-2040.
Drink 2025 - 2040
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2017)
Neal Martin 92-94/100
The 2016 Phelan-Segur has a really quite superb bouquet, quite Pauillac-like in style with graphite-infused black fruit, subtle tertiary notes and later, pressed flowers. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. There is plenty of tobacco-infused black fruit here, crisp and focused with a lovely salinity on the finish that lingers in the mouth. This is a strong follow-up to the excellent 2015 and may even surpass it. This is a Saint-Estephe that is getting better and better.
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Jan 2017)
James Suckling 94-95/100
A super fragrant red with blackberry and blueberry aromas plus hints of blackcurrants. Full-bodied, powerful and structured. Tannic. Very long finish. A muscular and intense wine.
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Jan 2017)
Jane Anson MW 94/100
They finished picking here on 25th October, one of the latest ever harvests at Phélan. Feathery tannins and a fresh, ripe but crunchy aspect to the fruit gives a real sense of vivacity and grip. I love the dark pepper spice that clamps around the fruit on the second half of the palate. This is an excellent vintage for Phélan, for me better than both the 2015 and 2014. It's full of life with silky, extremely pliable tannins the IPT comes in at 89, but they reflect the signature of the vintage by being soft and lush) and a slow build up to a juicy frame that catches the fruit. Blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, aged in 50% new oak. Drinking Window 2024 - 2042.
Drink 2024 - 2042
Jane Anson MW, Decanter.com (Apr 2017)
Jane Anson MW 94/100
Some wines are just about pure pleasure, and from the first glass you know that this is begging you to sit back, enjoy, and pour a glass for a friend. Not as long living as some of the other wines on this list, but it's a 2016 that shows the beauty of the vintage without having to wait another five years to enjoy. Cocoa bean, espresso and tar dominate on the first nose, then bristling blackcurrant fruits appear, with tension through the palate and a mouthwatering finish. 50% new oak.

Drink 2021 to 2040.
Drink 2021 - 2040
Jane Anson MW, InsideBordeaux (Nov 2021)

About this wine

Saint-Estèphe

Saint-Estèphe

Saint-Estèphe is the northernmost of the most important communes of the Médoc, bordering Pauillac on its southernmost border, with only a gully and stream separating it from Ch. Lafite Rothschild. The wines can appear austere in youth, but the best typically display good depth of colour, pronounced acidity and tannins in youth, and are exceptionally long-lived. At their best, they are the equal of almost any Bordeaux.
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