Château Rauzan-Ségla - Margaux 2009 (750ml)
Price: $232.00
| Producer | Château Rauzan-Ségla |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Margaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Sku | 119069 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 96 Points
Deep spicy and earthy but with plenty of cabernet sauvignon cassis aroma and solid tannins giving it a serious structure. It's not the most polished Médoc of the vintage but there's plenty of concentration and energy driving the long firm finish. Give it more time. Try after 20
Jeb Dunnuck: 96 Points
I continue to just love the 2009 Château Rauzan-Ségla. It's such a classic Margaux remarkable for its elegance and purity yet still showing classic 2009 depth richness and sexiness. Giving up loads of crème de cassis green tobacco cedar pencil chocolate and hints of incense it's flawlessly balanced and has sweet tannin integrated acidity and a great finish. It's drinking at point today yet has another two decades of longevity ahead of it. It's a beautiful wine. (Drink between 2020-2040)
Decanter: 94 Points
The 2009 vintage saw pretty ideal temperatures from beginning to end. This is a truly lovely wine which I also experienced recently at the 10 years on tasting in London where it was highly seductive - and it's even better here. There are some notes of evolution here with tobacco soft leather brambly red fruits and touches of exotic spice. You could drink it now - it's less aloof than the 2010 - but it will age and there's no question that this will be a thrilling delicious gulpable wine. Harvest ran from 22 September to 11 October with a yield of 41hl/ha. 3.69pH. Drinking Window 2019 - 20
vWine Advocate: 94 Points
Deep garnet colored the 2009 Rauzan-Ségla bursts from the glass with bold vivacious Black Forest cake blackberry pie and warm blueberry scents plus nuances of cardamom candied violets smoked meats and Chinese five spice with a waft of dusty soil. Full-bodied rich plush and decadent it completely coats the palate with densely packed preserved black berries layers finishing very long and spicy. The blend this year is 58% Cabernet Sauvignon and 42% Merlot harvested between September 22nd and October 11th at an average yield of 41 hectoliters per hectare. It was aged for 18 months in French oak 50% new. The alcohol is 14% and the pH is 3.69.
Vinous: 94 Points
The 2009 Rauzan-Ségla has a very fine bouquet with tightly packed blackberry and wild strawberry fruit melted tar and pencil shavings leaning a little towards Saint-Julien in style (like the Giscours.) The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin gorgeous red berry fruit laced with all spice and cumin gently fanning out towards the grippy but precise finish that is pure class. This is the best bottle that I have encountered though the less said about the late Karl Lagerfeld's designed label the better! Tasted at BI Wines & Spirits Ten Year On tasting.
