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  • Weather

    17° C Light rain
  • Time

    16:47 PM
  • Wine average?

    92 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    507
  • Region Ranking?

    292
  • Popularity ranking?

    210

History

Château Rauzan-Gassies was born out of unreconcilable differences between the children of Pierre des Measures de Rauzen. In 1760 there was no choice but divide the huge estate into two, one half being Domaine de Rauzen (which would eventually become Chateau Rauzen-Segla and the other becoming Château Rauzan-Gassies.

Towards the end of the 17th century, Jean-Baptiste de Rauzan owner at the time decided to acknowledge the seemingly lucky pattern of narrowly avoiding frost or hail damage by adding a pair of angel's wings to the chateau's identity. These have been largely incorporated into the label ever since

In 1855 Château Rauzan-Gassies was classed as a second growth property. In the aftermath of the Second World War the estate was sold to the Quié family, Parisian based wine merchants. Since then the estate has failed to achieve positive criticism; at best the wines are described as decidedly mediocre. 

Between the 1960s and late 90s in particular, the estate has been unloved by consumers and journalists alike. Considering that around 40% of the vineyards neighbour some of the most famous chateaux in the world, Rauzan-Gassies seems to consistently underperform. Robert Parker famously stated "anyone buying pre-1998 Rauzan-Gassies is buying the proverbial pig in a poke".

Today the property consists of 28 hectares of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet France planted on predominantly gravely soils in the centre of the Margaux appellation. The wines are aged in wood, of which only 25% is new oak, for 18 month before release.

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Vineyards

Grapes are hand-picked. Fermentations last about 3 weeks in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks, with frequent pumping-overs and addition of yeasts. Wines are afterward transferred to oak barrels, of which 25% are new, for 14-18 months aging. They are fined and filtered prior to bottling. No press wine is added into the grand vin.

The vineyards of Rauzan-Gassies are situated on alluvial terraces. Sixty percent of them are situated just around the chateau itself, and the remaining vineyards (gravelly soils) border Chateau Margaux, Palmer, and Lascombes.

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