2006 Château Rauzan-Ségla, Margaux, Bordeaux

Red • Dry • Medium Bodied

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Description

Still young, majoring on dark cassis and rosemary-infused blackberry. A sense of restraint governs the mid-palate, but it doesn't dip as so many do in the vintage, and the austerity is looked-for rather than imposed by lack of ripeness. Still needs time to unknot a little further but great lift that glides you to the finish line.

Drink 2022-2040, 93/100, Jane Anson, Decanter.com (March 2021)

Colour

Red
Sweetness

Dry
Vintage

2006
Alcohol

13%
Body

Medium Bodied
Producer

Château Rauzan-Ségla

Critics reviews

Neal Martin

91/100

The 2006 Château Rauzan-Ségla has a sous-bois and sandalwood-scented bouquet with a light mahogany bureau scent developing soon after. The nose is open and inviting. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin and bestowed with greater fruit concentration than the nose suggests: blackberry, raspberry mixed with sage, cedar and a touch of sea salt. As usual, this Rauzan-Ségla has a surfeit of personality and while it might not be a contender for the longest-lived Margaux, it is the kind of Left Bank 2006 that you welcome at the dinner table. Tasted January 2016.

Neal Martin, Vinous.com (May 2016)