Chateau Calon Ségur has been in the Gascqueton family since 1894, and was awarded Third Growth status in the 1855 classification. Its famous label, with the words Calon Ségur contained with in a simple line-drawn heart, recalls one of its most famous past owners, Nicolas-Alexandre de Ségur, who owned both Lafite and Latour for much of the 18^th century, but reputedly held them lower in his affections that this less prestigious estate, saying ‘My heart belongs to Calon’.  There is another link to a First Growth today – technical director Vincent Millet used to work at Chateau Margaux and attests to how the terroir here is perfectly adapted to Cabernet.

Its 55 hectares of vines lie to the north of the appellation – and it has the title of most northerly 1855 classified estate in the Médoc. Its normal production is 160,000 bottles annually, but it seems to have suffered from a number of hail storms in recent years, and on several occasions that number has been halved.