Ch Phelan Ségur 2022

Saint Estèphe

€ 52.51/ Per fles min. 12 flessen

Vinous – Neil Martin – 95-97/100
The 2022 Phélan Ségur was picked between 14 and 26 September, 9 out of
13 days with one plot immediately after another, using selected
indigenous yeasts for around half the production. It was cropped at
28hL/ha with 14.2% alcohol at the moment, the pH is 3.8. This year
contains higher Merlot (56%) due to its higher yield than Cabernet (frost
and berry size). On June 20 at 8.15pm, three blocks were hit by hail that
was horizontal accompanied by 25mm of rain within 10 minutes. This cost
them 30% production overall. “We did less extraction at the end of the
alcoholic fermentation and stopped the pumping over two days earlier at
1.010 [which without getting too technical is the Gravity of one liter of
must relative to one liter of distilled water] and did more like an infusion.”
Aged in 55% new oak, it has an enticingly pure bouquet with blackberry
and bilberry fruit, blackcurrant, iris flower and light iodine scents. Very
intense and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with svelte tannins, a
liberal sprinkling of freshly cracked black pepper laced over the black fruit.

A quintessentially Saint-Estèphe with a structured and very persistent
finish. Allowing the wine to open in the glass, it reveals impressive depth
(more so than the 2019 and 2020) and precision. This will require several
years in bottle, but it will certainly be worth the wait