Chateau Rauzan-Segla Margaux 2022
Country: France Region: Bordeaux (Margaux)
Varietal: 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot
Vintage: 2022 Category: Red Wine Style: Dry
Producer: Chateau Rauzan-Ségla
Description:
Margaux Grand Cru Classé, Château Rauzan-Ségla is one of those prestigious Bordeaux wines with an exciting history. For the last 350 years, Rauzan-Ségla has strived for precision by repeating the same methods in a craft that combines art and craftsmanship. Second Cru Classé in 1855, Château Rauzan-Ségla is one of the most prestigious names in the Margaux appellation. A benchmark among great Margaux wines, Château Rauzan-Ségla oversees a 70-hectare vineyard. The vines are on average 38 years old and are planted in the heart of the appellation on deep, fine clay gravel. The vineyard is planted with 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot with a touch of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.
97-99/100 Points - Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com
"This château has been firing on all cylinders of late, no doubt due to the talents of technical director Nicolas Audebert, and a wine that's going to flirt with perfection is their 2022 Château Rauzan-Ségla. Powerful notes of black cherries, currants, smoked tobacco, chocolate, and leafy herbs all define the aromatics, and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a deep, layered, concentrated texture, ripe yet building tannins, and a great finish. This is a legit great wine that's going to rival the 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2020."
98/100 Points - James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com
"Aromas of blueberries and blackberries with walnuts and hints of tar that follow through to a medium to full body with plush and velvety tannins and a lovely, caressing mouthfeel. It closes up at the end. Extremely long, pure and structured. Classic 72% cabernet sauvignon, 26% merlot and 2% petit verdot. From organically grown grapes. Give this at least until after 2030 to open and come around."
97/100 Points - Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com
"An accomplished wine that has been steered skilfully through ageing, and delivers the exceptional quality that it showed En Primeur. Cocoa bean, espresso, tar, ink, campfire, finesse, powerful but understated tannic architecture, cassis fruits laced with black tea, incense, graphite and peony."
97-99/100 Points - Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent
"Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2022 Rauzan-Segla is made from 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot, aging for 18 months in French oak, 50% of it new. A little swirling unleashes an explosion of black and red currant jelly, wild blueberries, and chocolate-covered cherries, giving way to a fragrant undercurrent of violets, underbrush, and crushed rocks with a touch of star anise. The full-bodied palate is built like a brick house and crafted like a Chanel suit, with a firm backbone of super-ripe, grainy tannins and impressive tension supporting a gorgeous array of floral, spice, and black fruit layers, finishing very long and with impeccable grace."
Food Pairing: Game, Beef, Lamb, Venison
