Chateau Phelan Segur Saint-Estephe 2016 CALIOTHER The opportunity to taste with

The opportunity to taste with Duncan and Nathan in such an intimate setting provides insights into how they've influenced an entire generation of California winemakers

The result has the fine

with aromas of ripe orchard fruit and white flowers

Etienne de Montille has shifted the house style toward purity and lift over his late father Hubert's famously austere extraction

No added sulfur was used during the vinification or aging of this wine and no sugar was added during the vinification or at disgorgement

Chateau Phelan Segur Saint-Estephe 2016 CALIOTHER The opportunity to taste withPhlan Sgur is one of Saint Estphe's most reliable estatesan unclassified estate (Phlan Sgur withdrew from the Cru Bourgeois system in 2010) sitting on the Gironde riverbank next door to Montrose. The 2016 carries special significance: it was the final vintage made under the Gardinier family, who had owned and rebuilt the property since 1985 before selling to Belgian investor Philippe Van de Vyvere in 2018. The vintage itself was one of Bordeaux's