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Rauzan Segla 1998
HED58150
75 cl
13%
£140.00
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1998 was not widely acclaimed as an outstanding vintage but Château Rauzan-Ségla produced a lovely wine that has evolved beautifully over time. Now just beginning to hit its stride, this blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon and 41% Merlot, offers delightful notes of black fruits, currants, liquorice, spices and earth.
92
Vinous
The 1998 Rauzan-Ségla shows similarly to the bottle opened at the château during my 20-year on tastings a few weeks earlier. This was picked from 24 September until 8 October. It has an atypically brash and quite opulent bouquet, a touch more glycerin than I expected, perhaps the one vintage that doffs its cap to the New World. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, a fine line of acidity, and quite structured. Impressive weight in the mouth, and tarry black fruit wash over the senses towards the bravura of a finish. It is a wine that wants to impress and that it certainly does in what was a modest growing season. Tasted at the Rauzan-Ségla vertical at the château.
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