Chateau Phelan Segur Saint-Estephe 2016 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Full-bodied yet supple

Full-bodied yet supple

returning to an era that saw heavy-bodied rye whisky served at bars and saloons throughout America

Old Fitzgerald's wheated bourbon recipe (using wheat instead of rye as the secondary grain) produces a softer

galangal and vanilla

Chateau Phelan Segur Saint-Estephe 2016 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Full-bodied yet supplePhlan Sgur is one of Saint Estphe's most reliable estatesan unclassified estate (Phlan Sgur withdrew from the Cru Bourgeois system in 2010) sitting on the Gironde riverbank next door to Montrose. The 2016 carries special significance: it was the final vintage made under the Gardinier family, who had owned and rebuilt the property since 1985 before selling to Belgian investor Philippe Van de Vyvere in 2018. The vintage itself was one of Bordeaux's