Chateau Phelan Segur, Saint-Estephe

1982 Pronounced nose intensity with notes of black fruits, fig, prune, toast, spices. Medium acidity and medium tannin. 1990 Pronounced nose of cooked red fruits, mushroom, earth, leather. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. 1996 Pronounced nose intensity with notes of leather, meaty, spices, toast, smoky. Medium+ tannin and acidity.

1996 vintage

No good old wine, just good bottles. Buy magnums if you plan on getting old with your wine.

1988 vintage

So interesting to have the luxury to open another bottle of the same wine that wasn't showing as good as I remember and thought it should. So I opened another bottle from the same case as the one that I loved, and sure enough, it was in form. This is where storage is king....in your 80's...just like people. A beautiful bottle of Bordeaux if properly stored, regardless of the moldy label. See previous notes...Drink!

1988 vintage

Excellent mature claret. Missing the depth from other vintages but this is holding up well and showed true St. Estephe structure.

1996 vintage

Decanter Fine Wine Encounter (The Landmark, London) : From Magnum. Brambles, earth, sweet spice, leather, forest floor, slightly jubey notes. Wetly juicy, lean on the palate, grainy drying mid palate tannic grip with the fruit and other favours playing second fiddle. Drink up based on this tasting, perhaps this bottle is a little forward though?

1996 vintage

Still lovely

1988 vintage

An Exorcist styled head twister! We had no expectation as we were cooking up tapas and enjoying the sunset in the kitchen. Once this was opened, and once we stuck our schnozzles into the nozzle, we were like WOW! This had that old school Pauillac, Pichon Lalande, Mouton, nose and we were just in shock and looked at the bottle again and again. So, we have that beautiful cedar laden, earthen, raw mushroom and truffle scented wine dancing in the …

1988 vintage

Beau 1996 assez typique avec ce coté '' vert '' plutôt dominant et son fruit rouge frais. J'aime le style mais ce n'est pas pour tout le monde. Bon Bordeaux à point

1996 vintage

Was extremely classic St Estephe on the open (leafy and herbaceous with a touch of flint) but the palate was rather attenuated. Then with air the body filled out and the finish became quite cool but intense, if that makes sense. Punching above its weight for sure.

1996 vintage

Just beautiful.

1988 vintage

Lovely. Still floral and earthy.

1988 vintage

Toujours aussi grand, ce Saint-Estèphe qui possède une robe très sombre, pour un vin de cet âge-là (34 ans !), encore relativement jeune (peu de reflets cuivrés sur le disque). Nez évanescent, léger, persistant. La bouche est superbe, encore tannique mais sur des tanins de classe, racés, longs. Fin de bouche encore tannique. Un grand vin de classe qui mériterait d’être classé ! Il mérite encore quelques années de garde, il sera alors un très grand vin ! Certainement, l’un …

1988 vintage

Blackberry, oak, tobacco, vanilla, raspberry, pepper

1996 vintage

As others have noted, this is youthful….very little bricking, no “stink”, started off muted and compact, but opened up to delicate but concentrated black cherry and herbs. Smooth and enjoyable.

1986 vintage

Beef, Cocktails and Wine (Casa Esperanza) : This was drinking exceptionally well. A lovely mature Bordeaux caught right at its apogee. I loved the nose here, with savoury notes of earth and meat and leather alongside cooked cassis, smoked cedar and tobacco spice. Lovely. The palate was absolutely delightful too, with its rich, deep layers of cassis, earth, meat and spice, all beautifully integrated with velvety tannins and deeply integrated acidity that led the wine into a lovely long, full …

1988 vintage

Zu Tagliata vom Hohrücken. Verhaltene Nase. Am Gaumen Cassis, dunkle Früchte, Champignon, Kaffee, Graphit. Seidig und komplex. Mittlerer Abgang.

1988 vintage

3ème vin dégusté pour mon anniversaire, ce Saint-Estèphe 1988 "Château Phélan-Ségur", âgé, donc, de 32 ans, un vin impressionnant par sa robe très sombre, presque noire dans la masse au disque à peine cuivré, par son bouquet complexe, puissant (mûre, framboise, tabac), caressant et persistant et par sa superbe bouche, ample, très riche, fruitée (cassis, mûre) aux tanins présents mais riches, très mûrs, presque doux, lui donnant du caractère et une magnifique silhouette. Un vin de classe possédant encore un …

1988 vintage

Lunch at Hua Yu Wee, courtesy of Chef D. Pop and poured. Drank over 2+ hours. Drank in Gabriel Standart. Appearance is clear (sediments towards end of bottle only), deep intensity, ruby colour. Thin legs. Nose medium+ intensity, with aromas of menthol, dirty leather, some musky funk, black fruits. Developed. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), resolved smooth high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of leather, menthol, grilled bell pepper, blackberries, blackcurrant, cassis, cigar/tobacco. …

1996 vintage

PnP. Drank over a few hours. Opened up over 15-30 minutes. Tannins completely resolved revealing soft pleasant red fruit with medium finish. Not sure how long it will last last, but this is very nice right now

1996 vintage

Opened the bottle two hours prior to dinner. After the two hour slow ox I decanted the bottle using a vinturi as I realized a little of the cork had broken off and at 24 years I assumed there would be quite a bit of sediment (I was wrong about that). The nose was berries and leather. The palate was dark berries, leather, tobacco, three bark and earth. The finish was moderate to long. A very enjoyable bottle of wine. …

1996 vintage

Pronounced green pyrazine notes. Overshadowed the fruit, if there was any. Minimal tertiary note developments. The palate was pleasant and the length excellent

1996 vintage

Beautiful light garnet color with a brick rim. Meaty nose that mixes black current fruit with a touch of wild. Fullish, yet not heavy Bordeaux, that has mature, sweet fruit and autumn leaves on the palate. This is excellent at age 24 though lacks a bit of umph on the finish. Nice, classic Saint Estephe. (89)

1996 vintage

Heute zeigte sich sein wahres Gesicht und Potenzial: satte Brombeer- u. Lakritze-Aromen, etwas Stall, ja, aber überhaupt nichts Ältliches, Abgestandenes. Metallig, erdig, aber nicht eindimensional, sondern vielschichtig. Fast kein Rauch, sondern edles Zedernholz u. etwas Tabak. Der Hit! Heute zu Wiener-Schnitzel und frittieren Zucchini-Blüten genossen.

1988 vintage

Decant 1 hour. Leather, meaty, spices, toast, smoky. Medium+ tannin and acidity.

1996 vintage

Leather, meaty, wet forest, slight vanilla, spices, toast. Medium+ tannin and acidity. Able to cellar easily 10 years. A very good vintage. 1-2 hours of decanting should soften the wine. I had 18 bottles of this and should be able to try and error on the right decanting.

1996 vintage

Nose is weak, slight berry smell. Medium- acidity and tannin.

1986 vintage

Cooked black fruits, fig, prune, earth, mushroom. Ruby to garnet in colour. Medium acidity and tannin. Easy drinking and value for money. Drank during Covid lockdown.

1986 vintage

While definitely a “drink now,” this wine has held up well. Color is brick red and fruit has given way to smoke, tobacco, and mushroom. Surprisingly, still a lasting finish.

1986 vintage

Dried red and black fruits, mushroom, aromatic nose and taste. The bottle had a lot of sediments at the bottom. Suggest to drink up now. Will not improve.

1986 vintage

Loved it

1986 vintage

Christmas Day red from the Magnum. Good aged claret - a little spicy and hot on the palate. Fruit was a little lacking - not worth holding onto this I feel - no way it will improve.

1996 vintage

Blind, deep red color hints to something serious, yet on the nose, notes of green pepper, tomato vines, forest under growth, wet cardboard, mushrooms ending on a tannic yet short finish. Past it’s prime with zero fruit left. Drink yesterday.

1996 vintage

Oxidized

1996 vintage

Good aged claret but nothing special. Quite smoky and spicy but a little lacking the depth of fruit you would expect. Preceded a bottle of Ormes de Pez 2008 which was in a different league.

1996 vintage

Chateau Phelan Segur is one of my favourite wine. The price is relatively cheap if compare to the rest. It's a wine that is able to be kept in the cellar and aged. It shows cooked fruits, leather, smoke and medium+ tannin and firm acidity. Comparing 1986 and 1982, I will go for 1982 without hesitation.

1986 vintage

Very good, dinner with Sam

1996 vintage

Winebar ("Mini") [6 Reds & 8 shared bottles] from 12/28/18 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA) : THANK you for yet another MOST *delightful* treat, Dr. Tom! :) From a 70 ha vyd of gravel, sand, & clay based soils planted to 58% C.S., 39% Merlot, & 1.5% ea P.V. & C.F. N: FRAGRANT vanilla atop earth with cherries, rest tough to parse P: Med body; RNDISH entry with NICE, almost swtish cherry frt met by an astringent pucker which, …

1988 vintage

Decanted for 1.5 hours. Brick crimson color on the rim. Surprised to get so much at this age. Full complex flavors of dark red fruits, earth and tobacco. Wet earth moss on the nose.

1988 vintage

Surprising upper-cut received from this 1988. Glad I have two more left as no hurry to drink. Englishman’s for sure....not complex, almost Burgundian....lovely jubbly.

1988 vintage

The freshness displayed is impressive. Tart cherry’s with medium finish. Great purchase

1996 vintage

Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+ (Bin 75 Alpharetta, GA) : Dark core with brown garnet rim; high toned, peaty, spicy, lots of pyrazines, soy, leather, sweet, currants, clay, cloves, Band-Aid, iodine; tobacco, leather, reminiscent of older South African, dense, aged, drinking well now, lower acid, mushroom; was in South Africa but age didn't make sense, older Bordeaux from an outlying village- called '88 Phelan.

1988 vintage

Corked

1996 vintage

paired with smoked brisket for christmas dinner and it was outstanding. decanted for 1.5 hours and it really opened up. cigar box and subtle earthy notes with a very balanced fruit flavor that complimented the smoky flavor of the brisket very well.

1988 vintage

Good minerality backing cherries, dark fruits, licorice, spicy tannins. Medium bodied with great length. This is a top performer at a great value.

1996 vintage

Corked.

1996 vintage

Tuesday Night Double Blind $50+ : Cloudy crimson core, large bricking; blood, clay, musky cherry and currants, aged, green pepper, tobacco; resolved, earth, bay leaf, a sweetness to it, bigger, mouth filling, reminiscent of BBQ; delicious.

1988 vintage

deep dark burgundy red, little clarity, amber hue Nose: black cherry, leather, tobacco, wet earth, cola, black pepper, oak Pal: black cherry, leather, tobacco, wet earth, cola, dust, black pepper, vanilla, oak Feel: medium, savory, acidic Finish: medium T8

1996 vintage

Tasted simply awful upon opening, with an odd baking spice thing going on. After an hour of air, the wine started to get right-side up, and eventually bloomed into a nice, older claret. Good savory/umami notes, with the appropriate tertiary flavors eventually coming through. Not a stunner, but a nice wine nonetheless.

1988 vintage

Lovely 96, lovely pallete of leather coffee and chocolate. Ideal sweetness, red currants prominent. Colour was deep and dark. Tannins still keeping this all together, but have mellowed to a perfect point. A fine example of a 96 Estèphe.

1996 vintage

The bottle was in very good condition. The filling level was into the neck. The cork was completely soaked, with some seepage under the capsule. The wine was medium ruby in colour, with garnet edges. It offered red and dark fruit, black currant, dark cherry, tobacco, intense spice and cinnamon on the nose and palate, with good acidity, smooth, mostly resolved tannin, a good, smooth mouthfeel and very good length. The medium-bodied wine had good substance on the attack, but …

1986 vintage

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