Chateau Mont Redon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc 2021 manto-negro The Château Calon Ségur 1989

The Château Calon Ségur 1989 is a Third Growth of St Estèphe

with a good acidity and a mineral backbone

His approach is clearly contemporary

Consulting winemaker Hubert de Boüard told me he hoped in the future to pick this fruit later than the norm today

It has the fine structure of a cru Beaujolais while the semi-carbonic vinification (100% whole bunch and three weeks on skins and stems) adds another layer of perfume

Chateau Mont Redon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc 2021 manto-negro The Château Calon Ségur 1989This alluring white captures the essence of the southern Rhne Valley. A unique blend dominated by Grenache blanc (55%), with Clairette (20%), Bourboulenc (10%), Roussanne (10%), and Picpoul (5%), whole bunch pressed and cold settled, then cool fermented in stainless steel at about 15 C over 3 to 4 weeks, without malolactic conversion. Matured on fine lees for 4 to 8 months depending on vintage. Mont Redon have long been regarded as one of the best