Château Rauzan-Ségla

Margaux 2nd Growth 2012

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  Vintage 2012
  94 points

The 2012 Rauzan-Ségla (54.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot and 1.5% Petit Verdot) is a classic Rauzan-Ségla, still relatively backward and tannic, but concentrated and extremely promising. Dense blueberry, blackberry and cassis fruit along with some licorice, vanilla, foresty notes and spice are all present in this full-bodied yet structured and big, beefy style of Rauzan-Ségla . It may turn out to be somewhat atypical for this château in its size and masculine structure, but this is impressive wine, and one of the great successes of the vintage. Give it 5-7 years of bottle age and drink it over the following three decades.

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  Vintage 2012
  93 points

Deep colour. Intense cassis, graphite, dark chocolate aromas. Sweet cassis, espresso, leafy flavours, fine chocolaty firm tannins and underlying savoury oak. Finishes graphite firm. Quite muscular in structure with black olive notes and acidity at the finish. Underlying fruit sweetness maintains buoyancy and length. (Barrel)