Chateau Rauzan Segla 2022

Bewertungen

• 98/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  The flagship 2022 Château Rauzan-Ségla checks in as 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, and the balance Petit Verdot, all aged 18 months in 50% new French oak. It's much more focused and precise compared to the second wine and has brilliant aromatics of crème de cassis, crushed violets, graphite, and smoky oak. Gorgeously concentrated and full-bodied, with riveting purity and precision, this stunning Margaux has ripe yet building tannins, a terrific mid-palate, and flawless overall balance. I love it today yet 7-8 years of cellar are warranted and it will cruise over the following 3-4 decades in cold cellars. It's another sensational wine from this estate."

• 19+/20

  Weinwisser
  72 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 26 % Merlot, 2 % Petit Verdot, 30 hl/ha, pH 3.7, 14.5 Vol.-%. Dicht verwobenes Bouquet, verführerischer Irisduft, Wildkirsche und Estragon, dahinter edle Cassiswürze und Graphit. Am komplexen, durchtrainierten Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, balancierter Rasse und engmaschigem Tanningerüst. Im konzentrierten, sehr straffen Finale Johannisbeere, tiefschürfende Terroirwürze und erhabene Adstringenz gepaart mit pfeffrigem Extrakt. Ein klassischer Rauzan-Ségla mit hohem Lagerpotenzial, der noch zulegen kann."

• 98/100

  James Suckling
  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

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  With a deep color, the wine embodies purity, elegance, and refinement. The initial notes of flowers, red and black fruits, cigar box, and cedar create an inviting aroma. The palate is where the wine truly shines; it is silky, intense, and somewhat reserved at this moment, showcasing both concentration and weightlessness. The seamless finish must be both felt and tasted. It is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 26% Merlot, marking the highest percentage of Cabernet ever used in this blend. Drink from 2029-2065."

• 97/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  The 2022 from Rauzan-Ségla is 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 26% Merlot, with a 2% splash of Petit Verdot. I find a rather classy nose here, with finely poised dark fruits, swirled with tobacco, toast, crushed chalk, liquorice and tar, nuanced with white flowers, the floral element strongly evident and setting it apart from many of its peers at this stage. A very finely poised palate follows the lead of the nose, with dark and fragrant fruits, fresh with notes of tar and liquorice, draped over a frame of brooding and finely grained tannins. This is a brilliantly composed Rauzan-Ségla, with a more light-footed frame than the nose suggests, but with dark substance and a long finish of integrated and powdery grip. An impressive wine built for the long haul. Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is 14.5%."

• 97/100

  Jane Anson
  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. 50% new barrels, Nicolas Audebert director."

• 96/100

  Wine Spectator
  This is dreamy, with deliciously juicy mulberry and blackberry puree flavors that stream through, carried by a vivid mix of iris, violet and anise, along with a long, well-embedded iron note. As this airs in the glass, it gains a caressing feel and greater depth, ending with a long echo of warm earth. Beautifully done. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2026 through 2042."

• 96/100

  Wine Enthusiast
  A fine balance between structure and fruit gives this wine a powerful richness. It has a textured complexity, a black chocolate aroma and ripe blueberry and dark red fruit flavors. Drink from 2028."

• 96/100

  Falstaff
  Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Ockerrandaufhellung. Zarte Kräuterwürze, rote Waldbeeren, tabakige Nuancen. Mittlere Komplexität, rote Kirschen, runde, dezente Tannine, feine Süße im Nachhall, ausgewogen und zugänglich, gastronomischer Stil, wirkt im Vergleich zu En Primeur schlank, wurde relativ früh gelesen, im Moment fehlt es an Stoff und Länge, bereits zugänglich und süß, aber ursprünglich deutlich überbewertet. Ist vielleicht in einem Füllschockstadium, die Zukunft wird es weisen."

• 96/100

  The Wine Advocate
  The 2022 Rauzan-Ségla is showing well in bottle, unfurling in the glass with aromas of dark berries and cherries mingled with licorice, burning embers and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, ample and velvety, it's suave and seamless, with its dense core of fruit framed by powdery structuring tannins that lend a more evident backbone than it exhibited en primeur. As readers may remember, the 2022 is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot; and in 2022, the east-facing sides of the vines, which see the afternoon sun, were picked separately, along with anything that showed signs of stress."

• 18/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Deep shaded crimson. Fresh, appetising nose; complex and sweet. Rich start to the palate with lots of rather sumptuous fruit almost obscuring the considerable tannic charge. This is a pretty clever package as the tannins are very ripe and subordinate. I think this will develop into something really rather snazzy. Lots of energy and persistence here."