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Wine Description
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...
Vintage 1999
The 1999 Bordeaux harvest stands as an intriguing, warm, and highly heterogeneous vintage, defined by a humid, sunny growing season punctuated by a notorious August 11 hail storm in Saint-Émilion and localized late-September harvest rains that demanded meticulous vineyard selection. Properties on the Right Bank—particularly in Pomerol and unaffected sectors of Saint-Émilion—harvested early under warm, dry conditions, crafting plush, opulent, M...