Calon Ségur 2002

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Although he made wines for Lafite and Latour, the Prince of Vines’ heart was allegedly in Calon.  But I wonder what the Marquis de Ségur would think of today’s vintage hype?  I tried a 2002 recently.  Not the most fashionable of recent vintages having been ambushed by 2000, 2003 and 2005 which were all breathtaking vintages of a lifetime.  Well, I guess wine writers, like cats, have nine lives, but limited hyperbolic capacity to describe a Bordeaux vintage.

Calon Ségur and some sunflowers - it's not exactly a Van Gogh is it?!

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Society Médoc 2003

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Just a very quick one tonight on a nice Médoc.  This is yet another very impressive effort from the Wine Society’s own brand.

Shaken not stirred. Society Medoc 2003, atop a washing machine….for some reason.

At first it was slightly thin but opened up quickly to a smooth Crème brûlée flavour.  Haven’t I tasted this somewhere before?

If you haven’t yet sampled the Wine Society‘s own brand wines I commend you to do so.  If you are not a member or you don’t know anyone who is, then look out for one of the joining offers they occasionally put out.

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