Château Phélan-Ségur - La Croix Bonis 2012
87/100
Wine Enthusiast
La Croix Bonis is made from selected plots chosen to produce a great wine. This 2010 vintage is a successful venture, with an aromatic complexity characterized by fresh fruit aromas against a backdrop of smoky notes, a silky attack, and great roundness on the palate. A generous wine with great aging potential...
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Eye
deep ruby color with beautiful clarity
Nose
The aromatic complexity is characterized by fresh fruit aromas against a backdrop of smoky notes.
Mouth
Silky attack and lots of roundness, a generous wine that promises long aging potential.
Serve
at 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2015
Drink before
2026
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy with hare stew, game, red meat, or a cheese platter...
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2022 guide) 3 stars (High-quality production, serving as a benchmark in its sector)
About the estate:
Owned by the Gardinier brothers (who also run Les Crayères in Reims and the Taillevent restaurants in Paris), Phélan was sold in 2018 to Philippe Van de Vyvere, a great lover of Bordeaux wines. This wine, which is in a way the first cousin of Calon-Ségur, is one of the most renowned in the region. Wonderfully located on the banks of the Garonne, it offers a very specific character, marked by notes of cedar and a good mid-palate suppleness. 2015 was one of the major successes in the appellation, while 2016 and 2018 show a racy tannin worthy of the best classified growths.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate (2022 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly recognized by the guide)
About the estate:
Located on the plateau next to the village of Saint-Estèphe, this cru combines an impressive collection of neoclassical buildings with a prime terroir: 70 hectares of clayey gravel. It also boasts renowned owners. Bernard Phélan, who already owned Dom. de Garamey, bought land in 1810 from Joseph-Marie de Ségur, Count of Cabanac (who was only a namesake of the Ségur family of Lafite and Calon). Then, for a long time, the Delons, a reference in the Médoc, Xavier Gardinier from 1985 and finally Philippe Van de Vyvere since 2018.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated *** (Good)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated estate (2022 guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or quality winemakers producing good-quality wines; you won't be disappointed when tasting the wines from these estates)
About the estate:
This beautiful, iconic Saint-Estèphe property, with its superb terroir on the banks of the Gironde, has had a new owner since January 2018. Belgian industrialist Philippe Van de Vyvere now has the task of writing the future chapters of what is undoubtedly one of the best unclassified growths in the Médoc. He has everything he needs to do so and is likely to continue along the path taken in recent years. Phélan Ségur produces a noble wine, not always demonstrative, but racy and aging well.
Wine Enthusiast
Wine rating (2014 guide) 87/100 (2011 vintage)
Customer rating
3/5
based on 1 review
Review and opinion by Mr. LOUIS A. Published on 04/07/2019
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