Nic, I drank the 2018 Calon Segur you left at my house....

[JimHow]

I promise I'll get you another bottle. We finished five days of trial on Friday and with closing arguments on Monday morning I needed to recharge my batteries with what I thought was going to be a fine northern Medoc. OMG, Nicola, this wine was awful. Not my cup of tea. It was 15% alcohol, it was like the PERSONIFICATION of what we have been concerned about with the 2018 vintage: hot, high alcohol, unbalanced, a give-you-a-headache, Parkerized kind of vintage. No thank you. Rating: 85 points.

[Nicklasss]

Oh shit. I know this 2018 Calon Segur is kind of controversial… Did not had it myself. Was hoping that the vintage would have been saved by the terroir or the Château team, but from your report feel like it is a miss, different from the 2021 Cantemerle, but a miss.

[Ognik]

2021 vs 2018
Scylla and Charybdis.

[Claudius2]

Jim
Not tried the CS from that vintage but the wines I have tried from 18 - including some at the Decanter tasting - often show too much alcohol and are unbalanced, lack freshness and freshness. Sorry they remind me of Parkerised Barossa or McLaren wines.

[Claudius2]

Jim
Not tried the CS from that vintage but the wines I have tried from 18 - including some at the Decanter tasting - often show too much alcohol and are unbalanced, lack acidity and freshness. Sorry they remind me of Parkerised Barossa or McLaren wines.

[DavidG]

Glad I passed on '18s.

Jim your post is a great example of the importance of tasting notes. If all I'd seen was a score of 85, I'd have thought you liked it and rated it in "good to very good but not excellent" territory.