Who makes it
Château Phélan Ségur is a Bordeaux château whose named wine is a red Haut-Médoc. The cellar combines stainless steel fermentation with malolactic fermentation in new French oak, followed by barrel ageing. The wines show mineral freshness alongside black fruit, with some vintages bringing velvety tannin and others suited to long cellaring.
Across the documented wines, blackcurrant, cassis, black cherry, wet stone and graphite recur alongside fresh acidity and firm tannin. The vintage notes also include softer textures, silky fruit and long finishes.
Where it grows
Haut-Médoc is the appellation used for the red wine within Bordeaux. An appellation is a regulated geographic name that places a wine within a defined regional category. Here, the label carries Haut-Médoc, while the wine's character is described through fruit, minerality, acidity and tannin.
How it is made
The cellar
The fermentation cellar contains 48 stainless steel vats ranging from 40 to 220 hectoliters. Malolactic fermentation takes place in 50% new French oak barrels most of the time. This secondary fermentation converts sharper malic acid into softer lactic acid, which can give red wine a rounder mouthfeel.
The wines age in approximately 50% new French oak for 16 to 18 months. Oak ageing adds oxygen, spice and texture while allowing tannins to soften during the élevage.
What they make
Château Phélan Ségur is a red Haut-Médoc bottling released by vintage. The year remains part of the wine's character, with different releases showing changes in fruit, acidity, mineral character and texture.
The vintage notes cover fresh, mineral expressions, denser wines with notable length, softer wines with silky tannin, and bottles suited to long cellaring. The estate wine therefore keeps the same appellation and producer name while showing variation from one vintage to another.