Frank Phelan, Saint-Estephe

Chateau Phelan Segur · Bordeaux › Saint-Estephe › France

Red · Red Bordeaux Blend
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LWIN 1010413
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88 /100
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14
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87.5
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91
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Taster #1145 · Mar 4, 2026
Medium nose shows peppercorn, dried red plum, cedar bark, fresh leaves, light anise. Palate is more generous than the 2020, ripe dark red fruits, medium body, medium plus tannins, medium alcohol, fresh herbal layers, espresso, cigar box. Nice QPR and presentation of Bordeaux at a friendly price point.
2018 vintage
Taster #3770 · Jan 24, 2026
91/100
Clear, smooth, crisp, fresh. A very good and enjoyable wine.
2018 vintage
Taster #2838 · Jul 15, 2025
90/100
Medium++ ..a tad less then expected from a Saint-Estèphe. May have a few more years but ready to drink now. Fully open at 2 hours - A touch of sour on the nose and maybe a touch on the palette, but soft and nicely balanced for its price point. Not a lot of movement. Cherry pie, black licorice, cedar (which is normally not my jam), some blue fruit. Good long finish. Good value. I may pick up a few more.
2018 vintage
Taster #0128 · Dec 18, 2024
88/100
Brombeer-Buttermilch :-) :-) :-)
2018 vintage
Taster #0763 · Nov 9, 2024
87/100
Xmas wine and food tasting (Atout) : Stewed notes, not giving much on the aroma and palate
2018 vintage
Taster #9317 · Mar 26, 2024
87/100
Deep clear ruby black. Bright aromas and flavors of black cherry, almost candy like in the finish. Bone dry, but not austere, a delicious second wine Slightly bitter finish
2018 vintage
Taster #8569 · Jun 5, 2023
90/100
90+ Vinnørd Holte
2018 vintage
Taster #5545 · May 21, 2023
90/100
A week in Bordeaux (Mouton, Pontet Canet, D'Issan, Langoa & Leoville Barton, SHL, Arbo, Pavie, Fleur de Bouard, Cheval Blanc, VCC, Figeac); 5/21/2023-5/26/2023 (Left and Right banks of Bordeaux) : Dinner @ La Tupina in Bordeaux. PNP. Paired w/ white asparagus and then duck. Lots of sediment. Pleasant wine. Good start to our week in Bordeaux! Brad - heavypourwine.com
2018 vintage
Taster #7934 · Apr 6, 2023
90/100
Dark with a nice complex nose, very tannic in the mouth, needs lots of aging but good potential.
2018 vintage
Taster #0902 · Jan 29, 2023
89/100
Black fruit nose, hint of alcohol... Very concentrated loads of fruit, lacking a bit of acidity to balance it...
2018 vintage
Taster #1350 · Dec 4, 2022
88/100
St Martin day 6. This wine seems made from underdeveloped grapes. Comes across on the nose as perfumed but rather sour to the nose. In mouth its plum skin dominant with immediate underbrush flavors. Mouthfeel is minnerly driven and crunchy. Very short finish and nothing great here.
2018 vintage
Taster #3852 · Mar 13, 2020
82/100
Severe, bitter and short. I am so disappointed.
2008 vintage
Taster #4983 · Nov 21, 2016
86/100
Château Phélan Ségur Masterclass Dinner (67 Pall Mall) : Mature, short and quite light
2008 vintage
Taster #0779 · Aug 7, 2014
80/100
Overwhelmingly bitter tannins. Not pleasant
2008 vintage
Taster #8413 · Mar 29, 2014
French Wine Sale at Crystal Wines (Crystal Wines) : Second wine of Chateau Phelan-Segur. Quite a nice nose of sweet blackcurrant actually. But on the palate, just quite an ordinary Left Bank Bordeaux taste with blackcurrant fruit and a bit of graphite. Medium- finish.
2008 vintage
Taster #6509 · Feb 16, 2014
87/100
NOish. Ok, bordeauxish, wineish, redish. Not bad for if you want a cheap bordeaux and nothing else will do. None of the 2008s I have are that attractive and this does not deviate from the norm. Its compounded by the hardness of St Estephe.
2008 vintage