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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 94 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by vulgar little monkey on 4/13/2024 & rated 92 points: Very similar in flavor profile to the last bottle back in February. Maybe a bit more sous bois and mushroom in the mix and compared to the 2001 maybe a bit more rugged. Still has lovely mature fruit and leather notes you expect with a Margaux dried rose petal tinge to the fruit. (162 views) | | | Tasted by vulgar little monkey on 2/2/2024 & rated 93 points: I got a pretty good deal on a pristine case (OWC, C&E import, fills into neck) of this at an auction last year and have been bombing through the bottles because, why not, it's in a great place. Tobacco, spice and hints of graphite and leather over the dark cherry and currant fruit. It still has a vein of tannin keeping things lively. Good now and I don't think it'll dry out or anything. Probably will drink well for another decade or two. (632 views) | | | Tasted by mimik on 12/29/2023 & rated 95 points: At a perfectly mature drinking spot. Wow (859 views) | | | Tasted by vulgar little monkey on 12/9/2023 flawed bottle: Corked (799 views) | | | Tasted by Machine1 on 8/19/2023 & rated 95 points: Superb; classic textbook mature Bordeaux. (1313 views) | | | Tasted by doctornoah on 5/8/2023 & rated 94 points: River School Auction Tasting (Washington DC): Loved by everyone, classic Margaux spice and litheness, and better than it had been touted. Third in the flight after the 83 Mayacamas and the 86 Gruaud, but only by a touch. (1665 views) | | | Tasted by Nutty08 on 12/27/2022 & rated 94 points: Maybe a step behind prior bottles. Lovely elegant nose of violets and cedar spice with some mint/eucalyptus mixed in. Just a hint of rusticity on the palate as the tannins but has lovely leather ans apice notes mixed in ther tertiary fruit notes. Strong lengthy finish. At peak but will hold a while. Great stuff. (1915 views) | | | Tasted by mxpbuy on 5/28/2022 & rated 94 points: Fill into neck. Perfect cork. Slight bricking but still young at core. 45 minutes in the glass. Beautiful layers of black, blue and red fruits, tobacco, graphite and sweet Oak. Near velvety. Parker nailed this one (when his palate was in tact and discerning). This bottle probably had another 5 to 7 years of peak drinking. (2140 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 4/25/2022: En-Primeur campaign for the 2021 vintage; 4/25/2022-4/29/2022 (Bordeaux): From magnum.
Had a taste at the second magnum for compare and contrast purposes (& why not!) Leather, less obvious farmyard notes here than the other magnum though, perhaps, a little more fruit, and some fruit tea notes, are helping to mask this. And the palate is very much a reflection of the additional fruit but with exactly the same level tannins – though there is more fruit I wouldn’t say its characteristics have changed – still brambly but just more present. Very interesting. (3509 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 4/25/2022: En-Primeur campaign for the 2021 vintage; 4/25/2022-4/29/2022 (Bordeaux): Served blind & from magnum
Leather, farmyard especially horse shit, Autumn leaves, brambles. Juicy, fleshy on the palate, brambly here as well, tannins still present and drying, peppery spice on the finish. Alcohol warmth says ripe vintage. Rather lovely but not 1990 ripe fruit so I said 1989 (3202 views) | | | Tasted by Slwojdyla on 2/1/2022 & rated 93 points: Easily bested the ‘88 side by side. Notably more fruit remaining with well integrated tannins and a nice long finish. This still has a little gas left in the tank but is firmly in its drink now window imo if you want the fruit components to still play a primary role in the show. (2013 views) | | | Tasted by Grinner on 10/1/2021 & rated 92 points: Wedding year wine on our anniversary. Decanted off moderate sediment and enjoyed for 2 hours. I doubt this was ever a blockbuster based on this tasting, but wow! Beautifully smooth, resolved/ integrated, berries, plum, pencil, earth / loam and spice riding over the hill into the sunset (so don't wait too much longer!). (2186 views) | | | Tasted by Bandreas on 4/11/2021: Still very dark color, scarcely any bricking at the rim. Attractive nose: Pencil shavings and leather, some brambles, medium intensity, good complexity.
On the palate the wine has smoothed down, is now into the tertiary stage many earthy notes and with enough weight and presence to make it stand up to the veal "Osso Bucco" dish with which it was served.The multi-layered nose is the most attractive feature on this wine.
To sum up: Attractive and interesting as an old wine, on the earthy side, with enough substance to hold its own against most dishes. If I was to give it a rating it would be around 89 to 90 points. (2056 views) | | | Tasted by paulst on 11/21/2020 & rated 95 points: Manura dn leather; coarse blackberry fruit; layered with acidic backbone; sweet blackberry finish. (2520 views) | | | Tasted by Burgnick on 10/14/2020 & rated 93 points: Truffle, dried flowers, red currant, coffee beans and earth. Round and plush fruit on the palate with excellent length. An excellent wine that is in its sweet spot. 93-94 (2811 views) | | | Tasted by smoothjazz on 9/30/2020 & rated 92 points: Wonderful 31 year old Bordeaux; two hour decant; perfect balance of fruit and tannins providing a long finish; this wine was purchased as a case upon release and always in my many cellars-four different cellars in four different states; cork was in remarkable shape & and extracted fully intact; this wine is good for another 31 years if the cork holds up, (2201 views) | | | Tasted by Nutty08 on 9/5/2020 & rated 94 points: Another delightful bottle. Seems fully mature. Soft
And elegant, with leather and tobacco leaf mixed with a hint of herbaceous cab elements. Soft palate, finish just a bit short. See prior note for further details. Drink soon—probably slowly fading at this point. (2239 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 3/13/2020: Drank without decanting. Smoke, cedar, tobacco, cooked black fruits. Medium acidity and tannin. Well balanced. In its drinking window. Drink now or probably another 5 years? (2239 views) | | | Tasted by Nutty08 on 2/7/2020 & rated 94 points: Special wine. Needed a few hours to open up. Still youthful and dark in the glass. Elegant, with a leafy, tobacco and mint nose. Palate quite polished and smooth, still has some fruit but this is mostly tertiary with a strong mint character at the core. Tannins mostly integrated, but a bit dry on the tail end of the finish. Finish is nice, but the only thing that keeps this from the next level as it just gets a hint dry. Lovely. (2253 views) | | | Tasted by aChave on 1/24/2020 & rated 94 points: Deep and long. Excellent balance. Integrated tannins. Pure and clean with little funk. First class wine from a first class vintage. (1917 views) | | | Tasted by wineguru57@yahoo.com.au on 10/4/2019 & rated 93 points: Rausan Segla can be inconsistent, but a very good wine here. Real black olive, and tight grip on palate, still. Mineral/iron/ tobacco/cedar. Will easily cellar for 10 + more years. big tick (2401 views) | | | Tasted by paulst on 5/7/2019 & rated 94 points: Light earthy blackberry with elegant finish. (2771 views) | | | Tasted by salil on 12/15/2018 & rated 91 points: HDH Dec auction trip/dinners at SKY and RPM Italian; 12/13/2018-12/15/2018: A remarkably youthful showing - there's a core of black fruit here that still feels quite rich and primary, savoury earth and cedar accents, and a lot of tannin beneath. If this were served blind, I would have been guessing it as something at least a decade younger. The balance and depth here are impressive though, but right now this needs some meat alongside or a decant before drinking. (3467 views) | | | Tasted by srh on 9/14/2018: Friday Tasting Group; Unthemed (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): Planted to 60% C.S., 30% Merlot, 7% C.F., & 3% Petit Verdot (though the last may not have yet been planted in '89) grown in mostly gravel soil with clay; Vinification & malolactic in s/s vats, then typically aged for 18-20 mos in FR oak barrels (50-60% new).
N: Ripely FRAGRANT, but LOTS going on -- & tough to parse. :(
P: LM, poss Med, body; LOVELY frt met by puckerish tannins which morph into the LONG, still puckerish finish with a swtness dueling with a quasi-bitter flatness. I'd cellar this through '20 in HOPES the finish "comes together". 12.8% ABV; My EXC-/EXC, with the higher (or even more) a DEFINITE possibility. 95 pts WA, 91 Jeannie Cho Lee, 90 ea WS & Jeff Leve, 87 Jean-Marc Quarin, 18+/20 winedoctor.com, and 16/20 ea Vunum & La Revue du Vin de France. [Surprisingly (at least to me), this appears to still be available from numerous wine-searcher sources.] (2887 views) | | | Tasted by Bacchus&Ceres on 3/30/2018 & rated 84 points: Dark garnet semi-opaque, slight rim variation into dark raspberry, no legs lacking precociousness. Nose if stewed fruit brown plum disappointing aged lacking cleanliness, thin prune baking spice, out of balance tannic grip poorly structured , crafted thin disappointing. Pale short finish lack-luster. Let’s try holding on to rest of case for 4-5 years and see if this wine has a second bloom down the road. Could it be a case closing down down righting up 39 years in, only to re-emerge as a beautiful flower later? Plenty of tannin there, we’ll see...50:50 (4323 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château Rausan-Ségla Producer Website - Read more about Chateau Rausan SeglaRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Margaux Read more about Margaux and its wines As with a large part of the Bordeaux vineyards, vines first appeared in Margaux during the Gallo-Roman period.
In 1705 a text mentions Château Margaux . But we have to wait for the end of the eighteenth century and the coming of the earliest techniques in aging for the concept of wines of high quality to develop. The confirmation of this was the famous 1855 classification which recognized 21 Crus Classés in the Margaux appellation. One hundred years later, the Viticultural Federation and the Margaux appellation of controlled origin were born. The appellation, which stretches out over five communes, is actually unique in the Médoc in that it is the only one to contain all the range of wines, as rich as they are vast, from First Great Cru Classé to the Fifths, not forgetting its famous Crus Bourgeois and its Crus Artisans.
In Margaux there is a predominance of Garonne gravel on a central plateau of about 4 miles in length and one and a quarter wide. To the east-south-east, it overlooks the low lying land by the estuary. Its east side is marked by gentle, dry valleys and a succession of ridges.The layer of gravel in Margaux was spread out by a former Garonne in the early Quaternary. Rather large in size, it is mingled with shingle of average dimension and represents the finest ensemble of Günz gravel in the Haut-Médoc. It is on this ancient layer on a Tertiary terrace of limestone or clayey marl that the best Médoc crus lie. All the conditions for successful wine are present : a large amount of gravel and pebbles, poor soil which cannot retain water and deep rooted vines.
It is customary to say that Margaux wines are the "most feminine" in the Médoc, thus stressing their delicacy, suppleness and their fruity, elegant aromas. This does not affect their great propensity for aging; just the opposite, for the relatively thin terroir imparts tannins which give them long life. The other characteristic of these wines which combine an elegant vitality, subtlety and consistency, is their diversity and personality. Over and above the flavour which is their "common denominator", they present an exceptional palette of bouquets, fruity flavours which show up differently from one château to another.
Production conditions (Decree dated August 10 1954)
In order to have the right to the Margaux appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Margaux, Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labarde, "excluding the land which by the nature of its soil or because of its situation, is unfit to produce wine of this appellation".
- satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare).
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Merlot
Soil: Gravel and silt plateau on a layer of limestone or silt on clay
Surface Area: 1,530 ha |
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