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St-Estèphe loses its human monument
This time last year, just before the Bordeaux vintage, we
lost one of the region’s human monuments, Thierry Manoncourt
of Château Figeac. I am particularly sad to report the death last weekend of
the owner of the most solid rock of the St-Estèphe appellation, Château Calon-Ségur.
Madame Capbern-Gasqueton, 88, did have a first name (Denise) but I cannot
believe many people used it in the last few decades. She was a bit of a rock
herself, certainly an institution, and could not have been more confident of
her property’s value and particular character. This impressively consistent,
long-living third growth, the most...
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