Château Phélan Ségur 2024 Saint-Estèphe

Decanter
94/100 punten
An effortless 2024 from Phélan and one of the highlights of the year. Roses, violets, peonies, red cherries and strawberries. Smells amazingly perfumed. Supple and juicy, really lifted and alive. Has an airy quality to it - tannins are fine and beautifully delineated with freshness but all in balance. Gentle and calm with classic elements of cool mint and liquorice as well as really pure fruit. Not trying too hard. Really well refined. I love it! Full of purity and precision, not big or weighty but you'll be able to drink this so easily. Ageing 55% new oak. 10% press. 60% production. 3.72pH. Tasted four times. A yield of 30hl/ha. 15 different native yeasts were used for fermentation.

James Suckling
(93- 94)/100 punten
 A structured and tannic wine that frames the fruit nicely, with a medium body and a juicy finish. Some lemon character at the end."

Jeb Dunnuck
(92- 94)/100 punten
Harvested between September 30 and October 14, one of the latest harvests in the Médoc, the 2024 Château Phélan Ségur is impressive, with a remarkable sense of purity and finesse. Currants, violets, ripe cherries, and spicy herbs all define the aromatics. It's medium-bodied and seamless on the palate, with a pure, elegant mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish. The blend is 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot, from yields of 30 hectoliters per hectare, and it will spend 16 to 18 months in 55% new French oak. It comes in at 13% alcohol with a pH of 3.72. This is an incredibly successful Médoc that should evolve gracefully over the next two decades.

Peter Moser, Falstaff
93/100 punten
Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, breitere Randaufhellung. Zart nach reifen Zwetschken, schwarzen Kirschen, feine Kräuterwürze, ein Hauch von Vanille. Saftig, feine Fruchtsüße, frisch strukturiert, reife Tannine, bleibt gut haften, ein frischer Speisenbegleiter mit Potenzial.

Lisa Perrotti-Brown
(92- 94)/100 punten
Deep garnet-purple in color. Skips out with bright notes of black raspberries, red currant jelly, and dried roses, followed by hints of powdered cinnamon and fertile loam. The light to medium-bodied palate is elegant and soft-spoken with approachable tannins and well-knit freshness, finishing fragrant.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
92/100 punten
Austere opening, you feel the shape and length of the tannins, well placed and skilfully constructed, with slim Cabernet floral rose petals and peony notes alongside savoury bilberry fruit, touch of liquorice bud and fresh juice on this finish. Finessed, drawn out, expertly constructed. Harvest 30 September to 14 October. 30 hl/ha. 55% new oak. 3.72 pH, Veronique Dausse director. Tasted twice.

Antonio Galloni, Vinous
(92-94)/100 punten
The 2024 Phélan Ségur is an absolute delight. Dark and ample, the 2024 offers up a compelling mix of black cherry, leather, game, incense, licorice, gravel and pipe tobacco. All the elements are so well balanced. The blend is 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot, in other words, a very high percentage of Cabernet. That comes through nicely in the wine's aromatic finish. Phélan Ségur is shaping up to be one of the highlights of the year. Tasted four times.

Neal Martin, Vinous
(91-93)/100 punten
The 2024 Phélan Ségur was picked between September 30 and October 14 at 30 hl/ha, and will be matured in 55% new oak barrels. There is 12.9% alcohol (analytical). Cabernet Sauvignon clearly exerts the most influence over its understated bouquet with blackberry, cedar and light graphite scents. The nose displays fine delineation, though obviously not the intensity of, say, the 2022 vintage. The palate is medium-bodied and linear in style with lighter tannins than in recent vintages and an attractive sapid note that runs from start to finish. The strict, black-olive-tinged finale seems almost Pauillac-like. There is an appealing classicism to the 2024, and it should drink well for a couple of decades.

The Wine Cellar Insider
(91- 93)/100 punten
Black raspberries, flowers, strawberry, menthol, and cedar aromas fill the perfume. Medium-bodied, bright, crunchy, and crisp, the lively finish readily displays its charming red fruits. This should be quite nice to taste shortly after release. The wine blends 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot. 13% ABV. Yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2027-2045.