Chateau Calon Segur

“Calon" is the name for a little river skiff used in Middle Ages to ferry timber across the Gironde estuary, which in turn gave its name to the district which was at one point known as Calones or Saint-Estèphe-de-Calon. In early times, Château Calon-Ségur was one of the original three vineyards in Saint-Estèphe, and in 1825 Château Montrose was a forest-land parcel belonging to the Calon-Ségur estate. Under the 1855 Classification it was ranked as a Second Growth.

By marriage, the estate came to be owned by Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur who also owned Chateau Latour and Chateau Lafite. Despite his ownership of these two First Growths, the Marquis said that his "heart was with Calon" and the wine's label today includes a drawing of a heart around the Chateau's name.

Incidentally, it also is known to be Johnny Depp's favorite wine.