2025 Château Rauzan-Ségla

The 2025 Rauzan-Ségla is totally seamless in the glass. Dark-toned fruit, mocha, new leather, licorice, menthol and dried herbs infuse the palate with tremendous textural depth. The 2025 is of course very young. The year's natural concentration is its most evident signature at this time, but the rest will surely follow. Polished, supremely elegant tannins support the finish. What a stunner. Tasted two times. 
- Antonio Galloni (04/2026)

Blackberry, dark cherry and crushed stone notes with a medium to full body, extremely fine and polished with a long and pretty finish. Racy and precise. Fresh and fine. Lovel the floral notes in the nose. A blend of 65% cabernet sauvignon, 33% merlot, 1.5% petit verdot, and .5% cabernet franc. (04/2026)

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Rauzan-Ségla needs a little shaking to wake up perfumed notes of lavender and lilacs, leading to a core of fresh black currants, wild blueberries, and black raspberries, with touches of aniseed and fragrant soil. The medium-bodied palate delivers a fine-grained texture and lovely freshness to support the nuanced black and blue fruit layers, finishing on a lingering mineral note. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 1.5% Cabernet Franc, and 0.5% Petit Verdot. It has a pH of 3.67 and the alcohol is 13.5%. Yields were 29 hl/ha. The wine is aging for 18 months in French oak barrels, 60% new. (04/2026) 

The 2025 Rauzan-Ségla is promising, opening in the glass with notes of cassis, pencil shavings, sweet soil tones and a deft framing of new oak. Medium- to full-bodied, bright and layered, it's vibrant and concentrated, with a chassis of fine tannins and a penetrating, youthfully structured finish. 
- William Kelley (04/2026)