2022 Rauzan Segla
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Tasting Notes
The team at Rauzan-Ségla started picking on 2nd September in 2022, their earliest harvest to date. With the generous fruit, they found that oak worked less well, so the 2022 is only seeing 50% new wood for its 18-month élevage. The nose has floral lift and perfume with lush, high-toned fruit – crunchy blackcurrant. There’s such vibrancy to the fruit, with chalky, almost gravelly tannins, with a graphite minerality, floral freshness. It’s round, with a supple texture, yet beautiful tension. As Jean-Basile Roland said, it has “a self-confident power”. A huge success this year. Blend: 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot
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James Suckling
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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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.
The freshness and clarity of the fruit is really something with black currants and cherries. Brilliant. Full-bodied, layered and round with polished tannins. I like the intensity and focus with such precision and gorgeousness. Is this the 2016 plus more?
The 2022 Rauzan-Ségla is a beautifully sensual, charming wine, bursting with aromas of cherries, dark berries and plums mingled with hints of violets, sweet loamy soil and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's fleshy and enveloping, with an ample core of vibrant fruit, supple tannins and a long, succulent finish. 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.
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About the producer
Ch. Rauzan-Ségla is a Margaux Second Growth and has become a leading wine estate under Chanel’s ownership.