2010 Chateau Rauzan Segla

2010 Chateau Rauzan Segla

2010 Chateau Rauzan Segla A wine that could easily be mistaken for a First Growth, the 2010 Rauzan-Ségla is an incredibly powerful, full-bodied wine by this estate’s standards, yet it nevertheless holds onto a terrific sense of elegance as well as perfect balance. A huge nose of blackcurrants, smoked earth, tobacco, lead pencil, and spice give way to a concentrated, blockbuster styled Margaux that has thrilling depth of fruit, masses of ripe tannins, and great length and finesse on the finish. This brilliant wine is just now seemingly on the edge of its drink window and offers immense pleasure, yet it has another 30-40 years of life ahead of it. Along with the 2015 and 2016, it’s the greatest wine made at this estate in the past two decades. 98pts JD
Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Rauzan-Ségla is youthfully reticent and closed to begin, slowly unfurling to offer notions of underbrush, black truffles, smoked meats and tar over a core of baked black cherries, prunes and crème de cassis plus touches of iron ore and crushed rocks. Full-bodied, concentrated and jam-packed with savory/earthy fruit, it has a rock-solid structure of firm, grainy tannins and oodles of freshness, finishing with great length and expression. Drink 2020-2050.96pts Parker’s WA

I am always on the hunt for great Bordeaux that’s undervalued. For what’s in the bottle, how famous the name is, how well the wine is drinking, this is a great strategic buy to serve. The 2010 Chateau Rauzan Segla is the wine. First the wine has just arrived direct from Bordeaux. With thirteen years of age, this is the way to go. The wine has not been sitting around on some retail shelf or in some warehouse that is no climate control. 2010 is an all-time great vintage rivalling the finest vintages ever. This wine is drinking with a long drinking window, 2020-2050 according to Parker. I opened a bottle yesterday and the wine is gorgeous! Rauzan Segla is an extremely popular Classified from Margaux. Winemaker is Eric Boissenot, is a genius of the Medoc. Jancis Robinson of Decanter Magazine called him Bordeaux’s secret ingredient. He works for all four of the Medoc First Growths! Also consults for Leoville Barton and Calon Segur. This wine is a great Margaux at a great price.
With the time in the bottle a Smart buy if I ever saw one. Enjoy!