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 | 2022 Ch. Rauzan Ségla - Margaux GCC | € 98,00 (€ 118,58) |
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2022 Rauzan Ségla is laser-precies en succulent en weer eens een absolute schoonheid. Nicolas Audebert belooft dat dit de fenomenale 2018 evenaart, wat een ernstig statement is. Het aromatisch spectrum is inderdaad nu al hemelsbreed. Hou u klaar voor voorwerk: de belofte is manifest. Wat een grandioze Rauzan Ségla. De oogst vond plaats tussen 2 en 16 september. 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot. 14.5%vol. Reken op 18 maand élevage op 50% nieuwe eik. Er is minder wijn: het rendement strandt op 30hl/ha. Kopers van vorige jaargangen krijgen voorrang. William Kelley scoort deze wijn hoger dan Palmer met maar een pluspunt verwijderd van Château Margaux… Hij steekt z’n nek uit en wij raden u aan hetzelfde te doen. IN DE PERS 96-97 William Kelley – The Wine Advocate Issue 266 - robertparker.com (April 2023) The 2022 Rauzan-Ségla is a beautifully sensual, charming wine, bursting with aromas of cherries, dark berries and plums mingled with hints of violets, sweet loamy soil and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's fleshy and enveloping, with an ample core of vibrant fruit, supple tannins and a long, succulent finish. The 2022 is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot; and in 2022, the east-facing sides of the vines, which see the afternoon sun, were picked separately, along with anything that showed signs of stress. 95-97 Neal Martin – vinous.com (Mei 2023) The 2022 Rauzan-Ségla was picked 2 to 28 September at 30hL/ha and matured for 18 months in 50% new oak. Nicolas Audebert told me that it contains 17% vin de presse which is slightly higher than normal, a combination of 150 separate vinifications. This has a very opulent bouquet with layers of black cherries, créme de cassis and violets. Perhaps just a little too decadent? The palate is medium-bodied with fine balance, grainy tannins, very pure and focused with quite a minerally finish. Long in the mouth. It's just missing that knockout blow at the moment, yet it's still a supremely well-crafted Margaux. Drink 2030-2065. 95-97 Antonio Galloni – vinous.com (Mei 2023) The 2022 Rauzan-Ségla is a rich, opulent wine that very much reflects the nature of this radiant, dry year. Super-ripe dark plum, cassis, chocolate, gravel, cloves and new leather build as the 2022 shows off its unabashedly opulent personality. Even with all of its intensity, the 2022 retains tons of persistence and energy. It's a fabulous wine in this tricky vintage. Tasted three times. Drink 2032-2062. 97-99 Lisa Perrotti-Brown – thewineindependent.com (Mei 2023) Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2022 Rauzan-Segla is made from 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot, aging for 18 months in French oak, 50% of it new. A little swirling unleashes an explosion of black and red currant jelly, wild blueberries, and chocolate-covered cherries, giving way to a fragrant undercurrent of violets, underbrush, and crushed rocks with a touch of star anise. The full-bodied palate is built like a brick house and crafted like a Chanel suit, with a firm backbone of super-ripe, grainy tannins and impressive tension supporting a gorgeous array of floral, spice, and black fruit layers, finishing very long and with impeccable grace. pH 3.7. 18+/20 James Lawther – jancisrobinson.com (Mei 2023) 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot. 18 months in 50% new barrels. Cask sample. Very deep glowing crimson. Broad, welcoming nose with fragrant top note. This is more obviously Margaux than the Ségla. Gentle and sweet but with a massive charge of tannin underneath. Very subtle and mineral, tense and contained. There will obviously be some opulence eventually but not for some time! Dry, neat, very persistent finish for the moment. Very concentrated. Drink 2032– 2052. 97-98 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (April 2023) The freshness and clarity of the fruit is really something with black currants and cherries. Brilliant. Full-bodied, layered and round with polished tannins. I like the intensity and focus with such precision and gorgeousness. Is this the 2016 plus more? 97 Jane Anson – janeanson.com (Mei 2023) Supple texture, thoroughly impressive in its depth and grip, blackcurrant, blackberry, crayon, liquorice, mint, slate, fennel, ink, has confidence and character and just so much class. Brings precision to the exuberance of the vintage, barely puts a step wrong, so concentated and yet delivering slate and lift. Excellent. Tasted twice. 50% new barrels, Nicolas Auderbert director, 50% of production in the first wine. 97-99 Jeb Dunnuck – jebdunnuck.com (Mei 2023) This château has been firing on all cylinders of late, no doubt due to the talents of technical director Nicolas Audebert, and a wine that's going to flirt with perfection is their 2022 Château Rauzan-Ségla. Powerful notes of black cherries, currants, smoked tobacco, chocolate, and leafy herbs all define the aromatics, and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a deep, layered, concentrated texture, ripe yet building tannins, and a great finish. This is a legit great wine that's going to rival the 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2020. 97 Georgina Hindle – decanter.com (Mei 2023) Gorgeously fragranced on the nose with perfumed black fruits and pink flowers - smells very Margaux. Clean and crisp, a beautiful precision from the start with ripe and rich fruit but cool fresh acidity and sleek, fine tannins. A little shy, still compact and tightly knitted, but lovely detail, so well worked, almost delicate but there's still quite fleshy, plush fruit. Excellent concentration but delivered with an easy sleight of hand, expanding with time in the glass. Glamorous, scented, inviting, deep and seductive. A brilliant and totally moreish wine. Yield of 30hl/ha. 3.7pH. 17% press wine. Harvest 2-28 September. Ageing in French oak for 14-16 months, 15% new. In organic conversion. Tasted twice. 97-98 Ella Lister – lefigaro.fr (Mei 2023) - «La magie opère» Dès les premiers effluves, des arômes chatoyants de mûre sauvage et de quetsche apportent leur côté dynamique. La pureté des fruits est immaculée, avec de jolis arômes sapides, presque fragiles qui frémissent et papillonnent. Le bouquet reste frais comme la pierre froide contre le visage par une journée de grande chaleur. Mais c'est en bouche que la magie opère avec une richesse de saveurs incroyable, une texture veloutée, limpide et douce. Et puis cette pureté céleste persiste en bouche et lévite. On croit assister à la transfiguration de la puissance fruitée, minérale en une matière délicate comme la dentelle, soulignée par une précision saline. 96-98 Jeff Leve – thewinecellarinsider.com (Mei 2023) Dark in color, the array of floral notes shoot out with violets, lilacs, and roses. From there you find truffle, red and black fruits, cigar box and cedar also come through in the nose. While the perfume is catchy, it is on the palate where the wine takes off. Texturally, the wine is drenched in velvet. There is intensity, richness, and concentration, as well as weightlessness on the palate. With this wine, the seamless finish must be felt, as well as tasted. The wine is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot. This marks the highest percentage of Cabernet in the blend and with 17% press wine in the blend, it is the highest portion of press wine as well. 14.5% ABV, 3.7 pH. The harvest took place September 2 - September 28. This is the earliest start to a harvest for Rauzan Segla. Yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. The Grand Vin was produced from 50% of the harvest. Drink 2027-2065. 19+/20 Matthew Jukes – matthewjukes.com (Mei 2023) Introverted, grand, layered and exotic [...] this is my highest- ever scoring vintage of Rauzan-Ségla. 97-98 La Revue des Vins de France (Mei 2023) À ses intenses arômes de fruits noirs frais, sa densité, sa profondeur, le 2022 ajoute aussi un velouté de tanins irrésistible. Un Rauzan de très haute facture, sans doute une nouvelle référence pour le cru. 94-95 Alexandre Ma – alexandrema.com (Mei 2023) 97-99 Yves Beck – beckustator.com (Mei 2023) 97 Jean Marc Quarin – Quarin.fr (Mei 2023) 98-100 Adrian Van Velsen - V.V. Wine (Mei 2023) 98 Vladimir Kauffmann – Revue Vinicole Internationale – larvi.com (Mei 2023) 96-97 Terre des Vins (Mei 2023) 95-97 Wine Doctor (Mei 2023) Rauzan SéglaRauzan Ségla is een sublieme Margaux Deuxième Grand Cru Classé. Zoveel is duidelijk. De wijngaard omvat 66 à 70 hectare Graves fines et profondes aangeplant met 62% Cabernet Sauvignon en 36% Merlot, aangevuld met Cabernet Franc en Petit Verdot. Hij is ondertussen gemiddeld 37 jaar oud in 2018. Na een erratische geschiedenis brachten de broers Wertheimer (de erfgenamen van modehuis Chanel) sinds 1994 dit mooie Château geleidelijk terug naar het allerhoogste echelon. De Schot John Kolasa, die eerder Latour bestuurde, deed dat tot in 2015. Sindsdien maakt wonderboy Nicolas Audebert er het mooie weer met de 2018 als voorlopig hoogtepunt. Maar alle recente jaren tonen zich vandaag uiterst verfijnd en succulent. Rauzan-Ségla, Palmer en Château Margaux is het trio dat de appellatie Margaux leidt. Hun schitterende tweede wijn Ségla vertegenwoordigt doorgaans de helft van de oogst. AudebertNicolas Audebert is een wijnmaker van formaat en een tovenaar. Hij bouwde zijn carrière uit bij Champagne Krug en Cheval des Andes in Argentinië voordat de gebroeders Wertheimer hem aanstelden als opvolger van John Kolasa sinds 2015 op Château Canon, de Saint Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé, en Château Rauzan Ségla, Deuxième Grand Cru Classé Margaux. Zijn “coup d’essai” werd een “coup de maître”: zijn magische Canon 2015 is nu al de legende ingegaan. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||