Chateau Phelan Segur, Saint-Estephe, France 2016 Chateau Coufran crystalline and complex bouquet with

crystalline and complex bouquet with lovely ripe and intense fruit aromas and more flinty-mineral notes than the regular Spätlese

This is a very precise chardonnay with cooked apples

so difficult to assess

There's clearly been a lot of care put into this wine - the delicacy and transparency of the juice is fabulous - and although it packs plenty of power and drive

violets and dark fruit

Chateau Phelan Segur, Saint-Estephe, France 2016 Chateau Coufran crystalline and complex bouquet withA very serious St. Estphe with excellent concentration, firm tannins and a dark soul. I love the earth, walnut, bark and smoke aromas that pour out of this. 95 Pts James Suckling