Château Phélan-Ségur: Tasting & Drinking
These days the wines of Château Phélan-Ségur are top quality, ultra-reliable, and easily competing with the classed growths of the St Estèphe appellation. Looking back to some of the older vintages reported on here, the 2000 always displayed a great deal of promise although it was rather closed down when I last tasted it. In contrast, the 2003 was open, evocative and an excellent example of the vintage which was hugely successful this far north on the Médoc peninsula. Other older vintages certainly have merit, and the 1998 is a good effort from what is a lesser vintage specifically for the left bank, and compares favourably with one or two other wines from that year which I have tasted.
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