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  • Country ranking ?

    700
  • Producer ranking ?

    6
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

The work in the vineyard at Rauzan-Ségla is carried out plot by plot, plant by plant. The harvest is performed with the same painstaking care as the other tasks throughout the year. Each step is approached with the same attention to detail, from the picking to the production of the new wine.

Each vintage must be considered unique and be treated as such, demanding a renewed attention and making any attempt at an annual routine quite impossib...

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Vintage 2016

Bordeaux 2016 in review “A paradox”

by Andrew Caillard MW

The 2016 Bordeaux vintage will be remembered as one of the great years of the 21st century. I haven't been this excited about the prospects of wines this young since the remarkable 2009 and 2010 vintages. At that time, China was at the zenith of its extraordinary rise of fine wines where the highest estates, particularly Château Lafite , had become a backwater currency. Each man a...

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Tasting note

color

Medium

ending

Medium and Alcoholic

flavors

Blackberry, Blueberry, Vanilla, Cedar, Meaty and Tobacco

nose

Intense, Pure and Rich

taste

Average in Acidity, Unbalanced and Sweet tannins

Written Notes

Ruby. Blackberries, fruity, blueberries, floral, intense nose, detailed. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, dark berries, anise, spices, long. 94-96

  • 95p

Medium deep colour. Fresh blackcurrant, mulberry aromas with herb garden aniseed notes. Dense plush wine with inky blackcurrant, mulberry, touch paneforte flavours, rich dense tannins and balance espresso roasted coffee notes. Generous and supple with love pure mineral cut. Very good. Tasted at the Union des Grand Crus. 95 points                

  • 95p

Dark purple red with violet hue and black core. Precise fruit, excellent character, aromatic nose, blackberries, blackcurrants, hints of cedar wood, mild spices. On the palate well balanced and structured, fine tannins, sweet fruit, excellent length and depth. 96

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Origin

Margaux, Bordeaux
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