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Chateau Rauzan-Segla2006

RED WINE

PUBLIC
October 2025
Prices and availability subject to confirmation
Chateau Rauzan-Segla label
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  • Producer Chateau Rauzan-Segla
  • Blend 3% Cabernet Franc
    53% Cabernet Sauvignon
    44% Merlot
    11% Press Wines
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • Appellation Margaux
  • UPC 0 15643 42501 1

Reviews

James Suckling 92

Very pure fruit in this wine with flowers and red fruits such as raspberries on the nose and palate. It's full-bodied with fine tannins and a fresh finish.

by JS, James Suckling , 2013

Vinous Media 91+

Bright red-ruby. Aromas of boysenberry, licorice and cedary, nutty oak lifted by a floral topnote. Juicy, dry and vinous; not a particularly fleshy wine but elegant, high-pitched and sexy, with lovely energy giving clarity to the sappy dark fruit, licorice and oak flavors. Finishes with firm tannins and very good sneaky persistence. Classic claret. Not hard today, but I'd still sock this one away.

by ST, Vinous Media , 2009

Wine Advocate 92

Deep garnet in color with a touch of brick, the 2006 Rauzan-Ségla gives up dusty earth, sandalwood, cigar and Indian spices scents with a core of mincemeat pie, prunes and dried mulberries plus a waft of dried roses. Medium-bodied, firm and chewy, it has bags of freshness supporting the muscular core of evolved, spicy fruit, finishing minerally.

by LPB, Wine Advocate , 2020

Wine Enthusiast 93

A big, ripe chocolate-flavored wine with spice, new wood and a smooth, polished character. It is rich, with black currant jelly flavors, but this richness is balanced with a lively freshness and subtlety in its tannins. The finish is long, the flavors echoing the perfumes on the nose.

by RV, Wine Enthusiast , 2009

Wine Spectator 92

Raspberry, violet and blueberry on the nose. Full-bodied, with soft, refined tannins and a long finish. Such finesse and precision.

by JS, Wine Spectator , 2009

Technical Details

Harvest

Handpicking with cagettes. Gloomy weather during part of the harvest but, the grapes were healthy thanks to the greenharvest selection in July and the wind during the picking. For this vintage we took our time and were able to be even more meticulous taking advantage of the sorting tables and competence of the people we have trained. Merlot : 21 & 22 September (young vines) - from 25 to 29 September, Petit Verdot : 28 September Cabernet Franc : 29 September Cabernet Sauvignon : from September 30th to October 7th

Vinification

Alcoholic fermentation: Alcoholic fermentations lasted 6 to7 days.
Pumping over: twice a day & 2,5 the volume of the vat. Temperature : 27°C.
Maceration: Turbopigeage in the best vats.
Cuvaisons (alcoholic fermentation + maceration) Merlot : 21 days Petit Verdot : 21/22 days Cabernet Sauvignon: 23/24 days Cabernet Franc : 22 days
Malolactic fermentation in vat, a few wines in barrel.
Ageing: 50 % new oak barrels.

Vintage

We experienced a rainy winter with cold temperatures. February was even colder with important rainfalls. Spring started under a humid month of March while April, May and June were very dry months. The merlot bud burst appeared beginning of April and mid-April for Cabernet Sauvignon. The first flowering started on May 25th and developed throughout in good conditions. Summer was hot and dry : the drought we have known for 3 years persisted and the deficit measured increased by 30 %. The veraison was observed mid July and its evolution was quite slow in August, which was cool and rainy. The first 2 weeks of September were hot and helped the grapes to mature, but the last 2 weeks were rainy and disrupted the berries maturity. More than ever the work in the vineyard was a decisive factor : the overall sanitary conditions were more than satisfactory thus the volume finally produced.