| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Margaux |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
Extremely attractive aromas of currants, raspberries and blueberries follow through to a full body with silky tannins, and a beautiful balance and fruit, tannin and acidity harmony. Wonderful second wine from Rauzan-Segla. Try in 2017.
Beautifully elegant fruit is present on the nose. Supple mid-palate and clear ageing ability as the tannins are still young. Acidity is well balanced, and there is real grip on the palate. Black fruits, liquorice and wet stone texture.
Drinking Window 2017 - 2030.
Deep crimson. Perfumed, rich, sweet and tea leaves. Really it approaches the grand vin in terms of quality. Excellent balance and just a little less long lived. But very persistent. GV. Drink 2018-2028
The 2010 Ségla was tasted under two different closures. The first under cork, offers blackberry, briary and touches of violet on the quintessential Margaux nose that gains intensity with aeration. Very impressive. The palate is medium-bodied with fine boned tannins, superb depth and body with an energetic, very focused finish that leaves a longer spicy residue. Lots of potential here. Under Screwcap it was also impressively pure and focused on the nose with red plum, blackberry, crushed violets and a hint of cassis that gains intensity with aeration. What really took me back was just how pixelated this Screwcap bottling showed and the persistence on the aftertaste. This was a quite brilliant showing for a Deuxième Vin and seems to confirm that alternatives to natural cork can age just as well, if not better. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal. 2020 - 2030
Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Ségla reveals warm cassis, baked plums and garrigue scents on the nose with hints of fried herbs and tilled soil. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is classically styled with compelling freshness and a nice savory edge to the finish. 2020 - 2035
Tasted blind from Screwcap at the Ten Years On Tasting.
Deep ruby in colour with an effusive nose of violets, cassis, brambles and star anise - very youthful and expressive. The palate is rich, round and seamless, bursting with dark fruit and sweet spice. The succulent sweetness is complemented by refined, integrated and smooth tannins and lifted by bright acids. The result is a fleshy but vibrant impression of redolent flowers and juicy forest fruit. Subtle smokiness builds on the finish that is sweet, long and fine. Drink now, or over the next 10+ years. Incredible to see this revealed as a second wine!
Another very interesting contrast under screwcap and cork, this wine shows equally well but in different styles as shown below:
Cork:
A deep ruby colour, with brooding dried violets and blueberries underneath layers of nutmeg and clove. The palate is richly textured, with chewy, mouthcoating tannins to the fore. The fruit bursts through the finish, with a savoury edge of undergrowth and hedgerow. The structure at this stage suggests that giving the wine some air will help the layers of fruit to unfurl, but it is already fantastic drinking, with a long and pure finish.
Screwcap:
A deep ruby colour, with an immediately expressive, vibrant and very youthful nose, this is still all primary blueberry and fresh violet. The palate seems silkier that under cork, with the fruits dominating the palate in notes of summer pudding and fresh cherry. Juicy, plump and round, the structure comes at the back end, tightening up the glossy texture of this wine. While this has the power of fruit, it hasn't yet developed the savoury, earthy complexity that can be seen under cork.
The return of Segla in 2010 is another triumph. Deep ruby in the glass, with a smoky, floral, brooding nose of blueberry, cassis and violets. The palate is pure and deep in black fruits. Fine grained but plentiful tannins line the dense fruit and offer classic Bordeaux structure, supporting the smoky, sweet vanilla and camphor. They yield and resolve on the finish, allowing for the deep, rich but cool black fruits to linger and gain in savoury complexity thanks to the light hints of well-judged oak. You can approach this now with a light decant, but it will only improve over the next 3-4 years before reaching a wonderful plateau for another 5+.
