Château Rauzan-Ségla 2020

Wineadvocate

The 2020 Rauzan-Ségla is showing brilliantly in bottle. Wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis and minty blackberries mingled with violets and licorice, it's medium to full-bodied, suave and seamless, with a deep core of vibrant fruit, beautifully refined tannins and a harmonious, integrated profile that exudes elegance. A wine of immense character and refinement, it's the best vintage from this estate in recent times. - WK 04/2023

Vinous

The 2020 Rauzan-Ségla is a huge, explosive wine. Black cherry, plum, chocolate, licorice, smoke and incense are some of the many notes that infuse the 2020 with tremendous richness. With élevage, the 2020 has grown into a huge, brooding wine endowed with notable presence. There's great purity and class here. The 2020 is a powerful, brooding Rauzan-Ségla for readers who can be patient. Very patient. Tasted two times. (Drink between 2030-2060) - AG 02/2023

Beck

margalaise. Quel grand vin, quelle profondeur et quelle subtilité où tout est abordé avec finesse. Il sait être ample et élancé, doux et vif, invitant et demandant. Chaque élément a un rôle bien défini. La fraîcheur des garrigues, l'intensité fruité des framboises et des cerises et puis les tannins d'une rare précision, complétés par une structure juteuse et par une fine amertume qui plussoie l'intensité aromatique et la persistance de la finale. Tout est réuni pour souligner la grandeur de ce vin. 2026-2050 - YB 01/2023

Suckling

A very polished red with blackberry, black olive, walnut, and crushed stone aromas that follow through to a medium to full body with polished, velvety tannins that go on for minutes. Surprisingly open and so attractive. Wonderful length to this. Needs four to five years to open. Best after 2026. - 12/2022

Dunnuck

The 2020 Château Rauzan-Ségla is pure Margaux brilliance, and this beautifully elegant wine embodies the best of the vintage. Revealing a deep ruby/purple hue as well as a great bouquet of blackcurrants, black cherries, lead pencil, sandalwood, smoked tobacco, and hints of incense, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a layered, seamless mouthfeel, integrated acidity, and a great finish. It offers pleasure today (although it closes down with extended air) but deserves 5-7 years of bottle age and will evolve for 30 years or more. This is clearly in the same league as the 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. Tasted on multiple occasions with consistent results. - 03/2023