2005 Rauzan Ségla

97 POINTS

Wine Spectator

Very beautiful aromas of crushed berry, flowers, currant and Indian spices follow through to a full body, with ultrafine tannins and a long, long finish. Extremely polished and beautiful, with a seamless texture. Best after 2014.

97 POINTS

James Suckling

This is showing really well right now with an exuberance and richness that verges on extravagance. It's full-bodied, firmly textured with ripe and rich fruit too. So much berry, spice, chocolate and incense character. Love to drink it now but a long life ahead of it.

97 POINTS

James Suckling

This is showing really well right now with an exuberance and richness that verges on extravagance. It's full body, firmly textured with a ripe and rich fruit too. So much berry, spice, chocolate and incense character. Love to drink it now but a long life ahead of it.

97 POINTS

James Suckling

This is a fabulous wine. A very giving wine with an amazing nose of currants, strawberries and flowers. This is a gorgeous wine. Full and powerful, with chewy and ripe tannins and a long, long finish. A serious, structured wine that still needs some time in the bottle. Don’t touch this for another five or six years. Pull the cork after 2016.

97 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2005 Rauzan-Ségla is captivating right from the very first taste. Soaring aromatics and bright veins of minerality confer energy to this statuesque Margaux. The 2005 is still a very young wine. In fact, I would cellar it for a few years. I am blown away by its energy, vibrant and sheer character. Bright red-toned fruit, spice, rose petal, blood orange and crushed rocks literally soar out of the glass. The 2005 captures the richness of the year, but it remains a classically built, mid-weight wine of remarkable freshness and tension. Rauzan-Ségla might very well be the most under the radar Left Bank wine in 2005. Magnificent.

96 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

A wine with a beautiful mouthfeel and shape. This is rich, gleaming in the ripe black fruits, the touch of spice and mint, as well as the sweet blackberry flavors. The acidity is balanced, showing off the fruit. There is weight and density as well.

WeinWisser

Sattes Purpur-Rubin. Nobles Waldbeerenbouquet, mit Edelhölzern und Teenoten unterlegt, ein Hauch dunkler Rosen darin. Samtener, sehr elegant ausgerichteter Gaumen, wunderschön balanciert, fast tänzerisch wirkend, feine Tannine, sehr lang. 2012-2028. 18/20

Jacques Dupont - Le Point

Cerise noire, prune rouge, touche de poivre et d'épices, la bouche est tapissé de petits tanins ronds très margaliens, un roulement à billes parfaitement huilé, beaucoup de fruit (fraise et cerise), un vin très droit sans heurt, soyeux et joyeux. 18/20