WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 876; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2010 which is 879. The average score for Château Calon-Ségur is 908, making this a below 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 2010 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2010 but no other wine from Château Calon-Ségur: Charcuterie, Lasting, Capable, Dominating, Incense, Kirsch, Plums, Softness, Dancing, Persistence. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12.5% vs 12.9%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2010 (12.5% vs 13.47%). The wine will be ready to drink in 1 years (in 2017) and should be consumed within the next 19 years (by 2035). 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 Les Forts de Latour 2010, Château Latour 2009, Château Palmer 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005, Château Lynch-Bages 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Calon-Ségur 2010
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
108 |
| 2015-08-09 |
gbp |
105 |