WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 917; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1999 which is 873. The average score for Château Calon-Ségur is 907, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Calon-Ségur they use words like Tannins, Full, Black, Long, Fruit, Tannin, Purple, Classic, Ruby, Sweet, Fine, Purity, Ripe, Tannic, Cassis. The 1999 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1999 but no other wine from Château Calon-Ségur: Meats. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 13%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 1999 (13% vs 12.64%). It normally takes wines from Château Calon-Ségur around 9 years to be ready to start drinking, and 17 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Latour 1996, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Margaux 1995; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Potensac 2005, Château Gloria 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Talbot 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Calon-Ségur 1999
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-08-09 |
gbp |
62 |