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  • Country ranking ?

    688
  • Producer ranking ?

    10
  • Decanting time

    -
  • When to drink

    Now

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The Story

Fifty-five hectares (136 acres) at the time of the 1855 classification, fifty-five hectares today: the estate is a rare example of consistency of terroir over the centuries.

The vineyard is made up of one single block adjacent to the village of Saint-Estèphe. Unique in the Médoc, it is completely surrounded by a stone wall. Inside, closest to the château, this “enclos” groups together the most famous plots of Calon.

There are very few ge...

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Vintage 1929

The year 1929 was an extraordinary year in the Bordeaux vineyards as well as on Wall Street. When the U.S. stock market collapsed in 1929, it produced several undesirable effects abroad, particularly in Europe, where many countries had not fully recovered from the aftermath of World War I. In Germany, the economic disaster and resulting social dislocation contributed to the rise of Adolf in the United States, there were 16 million unemployed –...

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Written Notes

Garnet colour with brick red hue. Rich character, hints of discreet spices and ripe fruit. Well-structured with ripe tannins, fine acidity, excellent length. 

  • 98p

Medium-dark brick red colour. Bit dodgy nose – some subber, toasty tones, ripe black fruits – cassis. Medium-bodied, rich and broad palate with jammy fat fruit and moderately high alcohol. – JL 90p. (Aug 2023)

  • 90p
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St.Estephe, Bordeaux
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