Description
“CELLAR INFORMATION VINEYARD INFORMATION Blending : 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc.
April to June: cool temperatures until mid-June. Rainfall in April and June was 35 and 42 mm above normal for these two months. Early bud burst and flowering.
July to September: change in the weather from the end of June, making way for hot and dry conditions (marked out by storms and heatwaves).
Absence of major water stress thanks to our clay-gravel terroir. Grapes harvested in a perfect state of health.”
Reviews
Vinous 95/100
Some guests preferred the 2019 Phelan-Segur over the 2015 La Conseillante on this night. I can understand because it’s a brilliant wine. It brims with ripe blackberry and bilberry on the nose, displaying the marine influence noted in previous bottles. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannins, quite weighty and intense, offering immense persistency as it lacquers that mouth on the finish. I’ve tasted several bottles, and this wine is never disappointing. [Neal Martin, 26/12/2023]
Anticipated maturity: 2025-2045
Robert Parker 94
Is this the most over-performing estate in the Medoc? Director Veronique Dausse would surely riposte that it’s simply performing at the level to which its well-situated vineyards and detail-oriented team entitle it; but in any case, the 2019 Phelan Segur is a brilliant wine. Offering up aromas of cassis, sweet wild berries, rose petals, violets, licorice and spices, it’s medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with tangy acids, powdery tannins and a long, penetrating finish. This is another 2019 that en primeur purchasers can feel very pleased with. [William Kelley, 16/03/2022]
Anticipated maturity: 2027-2055
JancisRobinson.com 16.5/20
56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc. Black almost to the rim. Very ripe black fruit, almost pruney, on the nose then fresher on the palate. Rich, dense, dark, a big wine with compact tannins filled out by the fruit. Really chewy and so not ready to be tasted, let alone drunk. It is in balance and savoury in its tannic depths but keep away for at least 15 years. (JH) [Julia Harding MW, 10/11/2021]
Anticipated maturity: 2034-2042
