Vincent Millet

The Path

Since 2006, the general management and winemaking at Château Calon Ségur have rested with Vincent Millet. That dual remit matters: one part stewardship of the estate, one part the day-to-day discipline of the cellar. At Château Calon Ségur, the job is not only to oversee but to read what the vineyard and the year are asking, then answer with measured decisions rooted in experience.

The Work Today

Vincent Millet continues to lead Château Calon Ségur as both General Manager and winemaker, holding the same combined responsibility he has carried since 2006. On change at the property, he said, "It gave the estate a new lease of life." The phrase points to renewal without stripping away what was already there. It fits a winemaking approach centered on preservation: "I would like to preserve the freshness and the softness talents." The emphasis is on keeping the wine lifted, supple and poised.

In Their Words “This is an amazing vintage but it's a technically vintage because we have a lot of decisions about the harvesting and after the blending.” The line lays out the practical side of the work: harvest timing and blending are not afterthoughts, but the places where a vintage is made. “I would like to preserve the freshness and the softness talents.” This is the clearest statement of Millet’s method. The aim is to protect freshness and softness, rather than push the wine into something harder or more forced.

Acclaim

No award or credential year is supplied for Millet. The recognition here is the role itself, held since 2006: sustained responsibility for both the estate and the wine at Château Calon Ségur in Saint-Estèphe.