Château Calon-Ségur

Producer description of "Château Calon-Ségur"

The winery is located in the commune of Saint-Estèphe or the area of the same name in the Médoc (Bordeaux). In the 12th century, it was given to the bishop of Portiers, Monseigneur de Calon, as a gift. This was once the centre of the Roman settlement of Calones, which later became Saint-Estèphe. Until the 18th century, the place still had the addition Saint-Estèphe-de-Calon. In the 18th century, the estate came into the possession of the famous Marquis Alexandre de Ségur (1695-1755) by marriage. He also owned the predecessors of Château Lafite-Rothschild, Château Mouton-Rothschild and Château Latour, but his favourite estate was Calon. He documented this by the traditional saying: "I produce wine on Lafite and Latour, but my heart is in Calon". A heart symbol on the bottle label still reminds us of this story today.

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