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| | Vintage | 2005 |  Label 1 of 319 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Château Rauzan-Ségla (web) | | Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | | Designation | n/a | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | France | | Region | Bordeaux | | SubRegion | Médoc | | Appellation | Margaux | | UPC Code(s) | 000008735966, 071570021436, 3412950516826, 3412950516833, 3412950994136, 3412951680229, 3419466182620, 3550871203569, 400001746721, 400005298677, 4000144385137, 6167734133078, 639737627596 |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.9 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 227 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Francophile1 on 4/21/2024 & rated 91 points: Poured from a 375ml bottle and decanted for 90 minutes. Consumed over the subsequent two hours. Aeration was rewarded on the nose as it opened up into a lovely lady. Wonderful! The finish was a disappointment as it was tight and lean with grainy tannin. The nose did not match the finish. Very typical of the 2005 vintage. What this tells me is that 2005 is the longest lived vintage of the ‘00 decade. (559 views) | | | Tasted by Duncan H on 3/20/2024 flawed bottle: This had gone (337 views) | | | Tasted by Édifice on 3/16/2024 & rated 96 points: Great bouquet of dark berries, blackcurrant, dark berry jam, cedar, mint, undergrowth. Smooth palate, sweet yet firm, with nice acidity and freshness, leading to a long finish of spices, tangy and slightly salty as well as sweet elements. Very balanced. Agree with others that more time will not hurt this wine but great to drink now. (1173 views) | | | Tasted by VinhoVerde on 12/17/2023: Floral, berry-like aroma. Surprisingly closed and backwardwine. Tannic. (2083 views) | | | Tasted by Irish_Wine on 11/16/2023 & rated 94 points: Relatively youthful still on nose with a lovely spiced black fruit character. Very dense and compacted on the palate with a plush, fine structure. While this is enjoyable now, it feels like it has much more to give. Would cellar this for a few more years.
WSET Notes:
Deep ruby.
Pronounced on the nose with blackcurrant, blackberry, mint, graphite, cassis, cedar, clove, vanilla, tobacco and leather. Developing.
Pronounced and dry on the palate. Full body, high tannins, high acidity, medium alcohol, long finish.
Can drink now but has potential for ageing. (2234 views) | | | Tasted by AVB001 on 11/3/2023 & rated 93 points: Double decanted and left for four hours. Well structured with supporting acidity. Yet round and smooth to drink. Very quickly emptied; a good sign. Will develop for another 10-20 years. (2247 views) | | | Tasted by glou.sf on 10/22/2023 & rated 94 points: Dark and fragrant nose with notes of cedar, blackberries, sweet fruit, spices, and anise. Good acidity on the palate with still present tannins, but they have started to integrate. Flavors of black cherries, berries, cedar, and tobacco. Quite long on the finish. This was really good and starting to become very approachable, but will surely continue to improve with age. (2338 views) | | | Tasted by gout on 10/15/2023 & rated 93 points: Lovely well balanced claret, now drinking well (2072 views) | | | Tasted by martin_e on 9/25/2023 & rated 96 points: Aging of the 2005 vintage has been a complicated story with so many wines still closed and disappointing… Rauzan-Segla is one of the pleasant exceptions that doesn’t require much more time to reach its potential. It’s very enjoyable already: with aromas of smoke and black cherry; and flavors of cassis, slightly unripe plum, and tons of blackberries. Beautifully balanced with velvety structure. (1809 views) | | | Tasted by B Paul on 9/4/2023: Double decanted and drank over several hours. Silky fruit with cherry and mineral notes. On the early side of its drinking window but will continue to age gracefully. (1846 views) | | | Tasted by zimmy07 on 6/27/2023 & rated 96 points: wow! Opened in bottle for 4 hours, early on stewed meats and dried sage. Nice but meaty and bulky, opened another 3 hours in bottle and drank over 2 hours and holy crap, this was delightful. Very floral nose of violet and lavender. The Merlot, over 40%, shined through with seductive tannin and silky notes. This wine was just on. Hold for 5 more years or decant for 4-5 hours, one of the most enjoyable wines of the year and I have had some good ones... (2604 views) | | | Tasted by Château Merci-Beaucoup on 6/18/2023 & rated 95 points: The last bottle I tasted was in 2021.
Now, very very good nose right after pulling the cork!
This wine is best poured from bottle to glass:
Don‘t miss the very best by airing it for hours - no need for this - it will loose aromas.
Wow! Pure silk, violets and cherry.
This is in its perfect drinking window.
A very impressive Margaux-wine.
Luckily I have another 6 if these! (2249 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 4/12/2023 & rated 95 points: Pronounced nose intensity with notes of blackberry, toast, spices, leather, vanilla. Medium+ acidity and high tannin. Still youthful and probably have to wait at least 10 years to be on drinking window. Decanted 1 hour which is not enough, min 4 - 5 hours of decanting. (2985 views) | | | Tasted by rikipedia on 3/24/2023 & rated 94 points: The Four Seasons Tasting 2005 Bordeaux Second Growth (Aubergine Restaurant): (Tasted Blind) Attractive lifted ones of chocolate, mocha, pencil shavings, star anise and cassia root overlaid with a feral element. A full entry displays plenty of black fruit, minerals and farmyard pong. The fruit and fine-grained powdery tannins coat the mid-palate. There is a little more development to the wine making it more approachable. Dark plum, wet tobacco leaves, and liquorice join loganberry and blackcurrant on the mid-palate giving an opulent or rather soft core. Brooding almost robust, this is an intense wine with balancing lively acidity. Again elegant, there is a sensuality that I liked about the wine. Long persistent finish. (2297 views) | | | Tasted by Hendmo on 3/2/2023 & rated 92 points: Double decanter in the morning, with only a small amount of sediment, then left in bottle with a cork until dinner. Not ideal circumstances perhaps but dictated to by dinner plans.
The nose was surprisingly muted still, but perhaps impacted by the preparation. Palate was medium bodied, with lovely pure blueberry, blackberry and cassis flavours, a hint of iron and violets, still only in the very early drinking window. There was a sneaky intensity/length but I still would have hoped for a bit more weight….maybe the Margaux showing through though as it was still very pretty and refined. Docked a point or two because of the nose that will hopefully come good in time. (3063 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 1/7/2023 & rated 94 points: Pronounced nose intensity with notes of red and black fruits, vanilla, flora. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. (2833 views) | | | Tasted by wineforth on 11/27/2022 & rated 94 points: 6th bottle from a case bought en primeur. Beautiful Margaux nose of mint and violets, then cassis and graphite. Later tobacco and coffee. Very long penetrating finish. This bottle not quite as good as the previous one with the tannins slightly dominating the fruit. This could just be down to the room temperature being rather cold, which is normally fine for older less tannic vintages, but 2005 was a very tannic vintage and whilst the tannins have largely resolved there are enough left to treat the wine like a youngish vintage. (3387 views) | | | Tasted by Paul-SA on 11/5/2022 & rated 92 points: A little disappointing given the hype on release Very old world. Ery tradition nose and flavor but potentially a little corkage on the nose. Still. Drinking well. (3029 views) | | | Tasted by garrigue65 on 10/15/2022 & rated 94 points: Decanted seven hours. The wine was very closed for about four hours. Dark fruit and berry. Less tobacco than before. Leather and hints of stone/gravel yielding to a subtle expresso note with long tannic finish. I think this wine is very enjoyable with much life in the cellar. Seems relatively young. (2809 views) | | | Tasted by wineappellation on 10/5/2022 & rated 95 points: Nice truffle and gamey notes evolving. Elegantly balanced. Sweet oak well absorbed, graphite, floral, berries. Long way to go. (2653 views) | | | Tasted by Yagil on 9/12/2022 & rated 93 points: BX style: Excellent!
see my previous TN (2147 views) | | | Tasted by MarcelloW on 8/13/2022 & rated 93 points: Still young, but entering drinking-window. This bottle really should be decanted for a few hours. (2549 views) | | | Tasted by pmarlo on 7/12/2022 & rated 91 points: Deeply stained cork about one fifth infiltrated, but it pulled real solid and didn't push into bottle. Almost no bouquet and very little flavor upon first taste, but definitely structure. Thought it was faded and past its prime. I was mistaken. Had some each day and each day fruit emerged a little bit more, and acidity brightened and lifted wine. Started getting bright cherry about three days open. It wasn't until fifth day that bouquet was present when uncorked. Really active on tongue when swished, and tannins present but not brutal. Feels like beginning of tannin integration. Fruit, while not prominent, is present and on bright side. There is an unknown flavor which comes forward when swished in mouth. Initially felt chemical but it isn't. Feels like unique soil and mineral profile possible unique to wine. This wine only began to really show after five days. Currently there is enough fruit but if further aged, uncertain if it will wane. Hard one to call. Needs lots of aeration even at seventeen years, or age further. Quite nice with steaks and meats and oddly enough chicken stir fry. Like Wineforth's take on this, and other reviewers note tannin structure. (1294 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 4/25/2022: En-Primeur campaign for the 2021 vintage; 4/25/2022-4/29/2022 (Bordeaux): Served blind
A little reticent, shows black head fruit – plums, blackcurrant, a little leafy note, and some leather tertiariness. Freshly juicy, black hued fruits, talc textured tannins, plums, slight alcohol warmth and a sense of thickness. Okay.
I got stuck between 2005 and 2000 and plumped for the latter because of that leathery note. (4713 views) | | | Tasted by mchern02 on 4/17/2022 & rated 93 points: 3 hour decant
Quite a perfuming nose of spice, burnt cigar, violets, lilacs, wet cedar, mint and a touch of anise; not really getting any fruit. Palate is still youthful with punchy acidity and youthful tannins but not a depth in body or hints of any finesse. The nose is far more mature than the palate and I could smell it for hours; body leaves something to be desired but think it either needs more time or never comes around. 92/93 (3276 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Decanter, Margaux: regional profile (4/18/2022)
(Château Rauzan-Ségla, Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2005 Bordeaux: Here and Now (Apr 2021) (4/1/2021)
(Rauzan-Ségla Rauzan-Ségla Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, Vinous Table: Sorrel, Dorking, United Kingdom (Jul 2020) (7/1/2020)
(Rauzan-ségla Rauzan-ségla Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, 25 Years of Château Rauzan-Ségla (5/1/2019)
(Chateau Rauzan-Segla Red) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jane Anson
Decanter, Château Rauzan-Ségla vertical (4/1/2019)
(Château Rauzan-Ségla, Margaux, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, The Margaux Paragon: Rauzan-Ségla 1900-2015 (Apr 2019) (4/1/2019)
(Rauzan-ségla Rauzan-ségla Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
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(Ch Rauzan-Ségla Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
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(Ch Rauzan-Ségla Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (10/31/2008)
(Ch Rauzan-Ségla Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (12/6/2007)
(Ch Rauzan-Ségla Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, October 2007
(Chateau Rauzan-Ségla Margaux) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2007, IWC Issue #132
(Rauzan Segla Margaux) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2006, IWC Issue #126
(Rauzan Segla Margaux) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/26/2006)
(Ch Rauzan-Ségla Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/10/2006)
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Winedoctor, April 2006
(Chateau Rauzan-Ségla Margaux) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jon Rimmerman
Garagiste (11/12/2008)
(RAUZAN-SEGLA) Segla Dear Friends, This is an amazing opportunity at this point and it comes about due to one thing - relationships. At barely more than the original futures price, this is a top deal on a wine that is never discounted. Whether it's this wine or the 2005 Malescot-St Exupery as the Wine Spectator Wine of the Year is anyone's guess at this point (with an outside chance by Casa Lapostolle and Guiraud) but what is certainly relevant is the amazing quality of this wine - one of the very best Left Bank examples in 2005. Margaux was the epicenter of the 2005 vintage and this represents a classic, long-lived example of Rausan-Segla that will tantalize with its masculine/feminine dynamic. If you are buying to cellar or as an investment, this wine should bring rich rewards - it has already increased in value by 50-60% since release (trading around $150 in most US circles): Original, unopened cases of this wine should prove to have outstanding investment potential with many years of growth and complexity ahead (in some ways, this reminds me of the 1983 Margaux on release - still one of the worst decisions I've made in the wine trade when I passed on a perfect lot of 50 cases back in 1987 for $700/case!) VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED STRICT LIMIT 5 original cases/person (60 bottles) - cases may be broken up into individual bottles - there is no minimum order (you may order as little as one bottle). This parcel is directly from the Chateau with perfect provenance: 2005 Rausan-Segla (Margaux) Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Bord8690 | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (1/18/2008)
(Château Rauzan-Ségla) Medium red violet color; herbal, coffee and caramel nose; coffee and black fruit palate; medium finish 90+ pts. 90 points |
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- Read more about Chateau Rauzan 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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