As I have said many times since I first tasted this wine, the 1995 Calon-Segur is one of the great sleepers of the vintage. The wine has closed down completely since bottling, but it is a sensational effort that may ultimately merit an even higher score. The wine is opaque purple-colored. With coaxing, the tight aromatics reveal some weedy cassis intertwined with truffles, chocolate, and beef blood-like aromas. On the palate, there is an element of sur-maturite (1995 was an extremely late harvest...

Rating: 92/100 - As reviewed by The Wine Advocate

Rating for France-Bordeaux-Saint-Estèphe: 92 (slightly better than average year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: too young, let it sit<br/>