David Kline

9.5

2001 Lafon-Rochet
Saint Estephe

Inky black with cassis, black currant and blackberry. Black pepper and lavender with a whiff of smoke and graphite. Plum and vine charcoal give a softness to the tannin which is amazingly strong. Graphite shimmers through dark cocoa, cedar and pepper. Lovely and lively.

#lafonrochet #lafon #stestephe #leftbank #bordeaux #bordeauxrouge #2001 — 2 years ago

Romain Fitoussi

8.9

Smooth, dense and homogeneous mouth. Black fruits blackcurrant, blackberries, prunes, roasted mocha, vanilla, tobacco, undergrowth notes.

Bouche onctueuse, dense et homogène. Fruits noirs cassis,mûres, pruneaux, torréfiées moka, vanille, tabac, notes sous-bois. — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

From a great looking bottle with a fill almost into the neck. Double decanted and left in the bottle for 5 hours before attacking it. Amber color. Good weight and haunting nose. Notes of old cedar, mocha, plums, cola, dark fruit, molasses and some sweet red cherry. Early on it’s all about the amazing nose. But with time the wine gains weight and you have a gorgeous old St Estephe in front of you. Still giving its all, and although the fruit is somewhat faded, this has complexity and structure that still drives the experience. And that nose is simply stunning. Great showing. — 4 years ago

Hiroshi Tominaga

9.1

Easy to drink. Black cherry with a hint of spice. Bought at Mitsukoshi for ¥4,500. — 5 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2013 / classic, eucalyptus, earthy expression, prominent bitterness, tasted blind I thought Saint Estephe. 🤨 — 6 years ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Blind, you might easily mistaken this for a pedigreed Saint-Estephe from a top vintage. Loaded with cassis, tobacco, graphite, earth, a touch of leather. Tannins have relaxed but are still present. Rich. Long. Oh so balanced!! Tasted alongside the 2010 Lafon-Rochet that was equally stunning. Drink now through 2029. — 7 years ago

Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

8.9

Well ripened and fresh, with a solid mid palette. Sleeper St Estephe. Drink now.
#sommcon — 8 years ago

K J

9.6

Costco winner. Got everyone talking about it. Anise and floral. Great mouthfeel. Defo stocking up — 3 years ago

with Jack

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.4

Great value at $50.00 from K&L
Web notes,

The owner of this Chateau, Calon Segur takes some of it name Calon from the word 'calones' which were small transport skiffs that used to haul goods up and down the Gironde river. Back then boats were the best mode of conveyancing wine plus preferable to the reluctant donkey and other landlubbing transports. This fact is a big reason for this region's long successful trading history. Much to the dismay of more land locked wine making regions, Bordeaux enjoyed direct access to the water. Happily shipping great wines such as Chateau Capburn Gasqueton for centuries. As this red wine was transported away from the port, the owners would farewell it's strawberry and raspberry driven fruit flavours bound for distant thirsty lands. It's beautiful chalky tannins and fine oak would be missed as they were well on the way to our store's shelves, cellars and tummies. Hence raise a big cheers to the diminutive but very essential Calons! (And amazing value Bordeaux reds)
Chateau Capburn Gasqueton is situated in St Estephe, on the left bank of Bordeaux, France. Grapes have been grown on the property's grounds since the 12th century. However, the 18th century saw it's elevation into quality wine production when Nicolas-Alexandre, owner of Latour, Lafite and Mouton bought the Chateau along with Chateau Calon Segur. From 1894 to 2012 the Gasqueton family owned the Chateau - producing wines of great finesse and elegance. In 2013 the French insurance company Suravenir bought Chateau. Since then they have heavily invested in upgrading the estate whilst ensuring they preserve this historic and treasured wine producer. Its vineyard comprises of 62% Cabernet, 37% Merlot and a petite drop of 1% Petite Verdot! — 3 years ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.1

2019 vintage. Another great value from this Listrac estate. Dark red. Black fruit, less oaky compared to the 2018. Good concentration, a more extracted style compared to fellow Cru Bourgeois Supérieur Lilian Ladouys 2019 (Saint-Estephe) tasted alongside, but excellent value at 11(!) euros. — 5 years ago

Sebastian Koncurat

9.3

This delightful 2010 Saint Estephe from Cos Labory just started to open up after 10 years...awesome aftertaste and bold considering the area — 6 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.5

Phenomenal Bordeaux. Great depth of evolving layers of currant, cassis, dark cherry and ..oh so well integrated tannins. Smooth and extremely well balanced. Bernard told us that St Estephe is the feminine side of Pauillac while Saint Julien is the masculine side. This wine supports that notion. Paired extremely well with bbq copper river salmon from Alaska. — 7 years ago

with Tammy and Spencer

Greg Bennett

9.2

Enjoying at a wine garden dinner with my love. Even throughout. Definitely a good value buy for a St Estephe. Cheers! — 8 years ago

Mark S.

9.0

Good vintage. Concentrated. Black currant and berry. Deep. 2 hours decanting is enough to show its powerful body. Château Calon-Ségur Le Marquis Saint Estephe 2015 @1600, wine plus -, 230524-230529 — 3 years ago

Mark S.

8.9

Oak, black currant. Mid body. A bit tannic, but drinkable. Château de Pez Saint Estephe Cabernet Franc Blend 2018 @7700, Enoteca, 210101-221229 — 3 years ago

Pooneet K

9.1

Really a pretty nice second wine from a great Bordeaux house (Montrose). In general I prefer St Julien to St Estephe but this is very good. Decanted 2 hours which I recommend. Inky in the glass. Some good secondary notes on the nose. Fruit is very there, but more acid to keep it balanced than I expected. Nice with a prime ribeye on the grill. — 4 years ago

Carter White

9.5

Wow, flavor bomb 💥 intense and complex. Tobacco, mocha, cedar, graphite, and dirt around a nice core of sweet and charred dark fruit, cassis, plum, and blackberry. Soft, round, and long. Yum!

Drank really well after a splash decant, faded a tad after a few hours. — 4 years ago

Daniel M

8.9

Black currant, meat juice, leather, earth. That's quite masculine and muscular. The palate is well made with a good acid backbone, a beautiful black currant note, a good width and some fatty, greasy mouthfeel, a spherical mid palate with already partially resolved tannins and a good, long finish with currant and that greasy, fat layer. Not your typical Saint Estephe but I've had worse in better vintages — 5 years ago

"Odedi"

9.0

Here is my #MerlotThursday for this week. A nice one from Bordeaux.

Dark ruby in color with a short, cloudy, reddish rim.

Fruity nose of plums, cherries, licorice, oak, vanilla, spices, chocolates, cloves, herbs, graphite, earth, light vegetables and black pepper.

Full bodied and bold with medium acidity and nice legs.

Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, cooked cherries, oak, vanilla, cloves, spices, licorice, peppercorn, earth, graphite and dark coffee.

Medium plus in finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cranberries.

This is a nice, yet young, Merlot Cabernet blend from Saint Estephe. Showing nice complexity and a great mouthfeel.

Needs a couple of hours to open up properly. Starting to show the tannins after 60 minutes of airtime. Needs 5 years in the bottle to mature, but already drinking very nicely.

Feels like a blend of left and right bank. Nice and engaging.

I paired it with cheeses, crackers and fresh fruit.

A blend of 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kosher.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$50. — 7 years ago

william petrides

9.6

Very good.smooth and velvety — 8 years ago