Château Rauzan Ségla, 2ème Cru Classé, Margaux, 2025
The 2025 Rauzan Segla is produced from a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 1.5% Petit Verdot and 0.5% Cabernet Franc. This is extremely charming, a wine of reserve rather than power. Initially fragrant and classical with violets, peonies, tobacco and sandalwood over crunchy hedgerow berries and morello cherries. Very precise and linear, the palate glides with creamy plum, white pepper and summer fruits. Genteel and harmonious; framed by polished, compact tannins with lots of floral and cacao nib nuances.
critic reviews
The 2025 Rauzan-Ségla was picked September 2 to 15 at 29 hl/ha and matured in 60% new oak barrels. This has a slight marine scent on the nose, well defined and marked by pure black fruit laced with violet. Quintessential Rauzan Ségla. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant but firm tannins, just gorgeous caressing black fruit, bright acids that lend an almost sorbet-like freshness and vibrancy to the finish. This is a top-class Margaux and one of the best wines from the estate in recent years.
Inky colour, this is sleek, powerful, a ton of energy and uplift, very classy, bouncy, feel that you are very much in the heart of rose bud and iris flowers, DNA of the Margaux appellation, liquorice and black chocolate, really a skilfully constructed wine that will power through the years. Nicolas Audebert. Harvest September 2 to 24, 29hl/ha yield, 3.67ph.
The 2025 Rauzan-Ségla is promising, opening in the glass with notes of cassis, pencil shavings, sweet soil tones and a deft framing of new oak. Medium- to full-bodied, bright and layered, it's vibrant and concentrated, with a chassis of fine tannins and a penetrating, youthfully structured finish.