Château Rauzan-Segla 2. Cru Classe Margaux 2016

Flaschenbewertung (Dezember 2018):
"The 2016 Rauzan-Ségla is blended of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot aged in 60% new and 40% one-year-old barrels for 18 months. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it sings of lifted red and black cherries, black raspberries and cassis with a rose hip tea and lilacs undercurrent plus sparks of tobacco, pencil shavings and tilled earth. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant and mineral laced with firm, fine-grained tannins and beautiful freshness, finishing with great length and depth."
97+/100 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2021 - 2046


"Mineralisches, dichtes, frisches Bouquet, rote und blaue Beeren, Cassis, Feuerstein, Tabak, Red Currant. Ausgewogener, dichtverwobener, klassischer, eleganter Gaumen mit dichter, feiner Frucht, viel feinem Tannin, vielfältiger, süsser Aromatik, dichter Struktur, langer, frischer Abgang." – André Kunz
18/20 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2024 - 2045


"The 2016 Rauzan-Segla (Rausan-Segla) is a blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot picked between 20 September and 15 October at 45 hectoliters per hectare. The wine is being aged in 60% new oak for 18 months. It has 13.2% alcohol. It has a very powerful and intense bouquet with layers of blackberry, kirsch, cedar and a touch of mint. The palate is medium-bodied with plenty of fruit concentration: layers of ripe blackberry and boysenberry, segueing into what feels like a very spicy and peppery second half that seems to calm down and attain more nuance with aeration in the glass. It is a wonderful follow-up to the 2015 last year, although not quite with the same audacity and bravado. Tasted twice with consistent notes."
95-97/100 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2022 - 2050


"A solid red with currant and blackberry character. Full body, soft tannins and a flavorful finish. Shows richness and excitement. Juicy and sexy undertone to this."
96-97/100 Punkte


"This has nice vivacity, featuring plum and cassis notes laced with bay, pepper, tobacco and iron accents. Stays fresh and racy through the finish. On the right track. With some added weight, this could move up."
92-95/100 Punkte


"The 2016 Rauzan-Ségla is a more-than-worthy follow-up to the stellar 2015. The flavors are dark and boldly sketched, with stunning intensity to fill out the wine's vertical, soaring frame. A deep, complex wine, the 2016 Rauzan-Ségla is built to deliver pleasure for many decades to come. This is stunning, multi-dimensional wine of the highest level. Wow! Tasted four times."
94-97/100 Punkte


"This wine is ripe, perfumed and firmly textured. It has balance, concentrated tannins and already just the right sense of wood and structure. It will obviously last; try it in 12-15 years."
96-98/100 Punkte


"Really lifted, savoury nose. Well mannered. Nothing out of step. Could do with a bit more acidity and drive? A bit too diplomatic on the palate?"
17/20 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2025 - 2045


"This is a Rauzan-Ségla with a powerful, streamlined throb. The two Rauzan neighbours (Ségla and Gassies) give very different takes on the vintage and each has its own charm. This is sleek, poised and well controlled, demonstrating deep extraction with clear cassis notes. Nicolas Audbert takes more risks with the wine than his predecessor John Kolasa did, and the opulence, finesse and forward motion is clear. Big-framed for the vintage, this resembles the 2015, even the 2010, and is a wine for long ageing."
95/100 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2027 - 2050


"Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, dezente Randaufhellung, attraktiver Duft nach vollreifen Herzkirschen, ein Hauch von Cassis, florale Nuancen. Saftig, elegant, feine Fruchtsüße, perfekt reife Tannine, anhaltend, ohne Ecken und Kanten, ein samtiger Margauxstil, finessenreich und mit gutem Reifepotenzial ausgestattet."
94-96/100 Punkte