Chateau Phelan Segur Saint-Estephe 2016 NO20231108 and sweet red-berry fruit

and sweet red-berry fruit

transparent expression of Monthelie that you can drink with little more thought than pulling the cork

macerated three weeks and aged two years in old foudres

the palate bursts with sweet/sour morello cherries and hints of spices

Chateau Phelan Segur Saint-Estephe 2016 NO20231108 and sweet red-berry fruitPhlan 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