WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 896; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1996 which is 877. The average score for Château Rauzan-Ségla is 835, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Rauzan-Ségla they use words like Tannins, Fruit, Full, Tannin, Purple, Fine, Ripe, Long, Black, Structure, Dark, Blackberry, Oak, Sweet, Purity. The 1996 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1996 but no other wine from Château Rauzan-Ségla: Bracing, Brisk, Muscular. The wine has been ready to drink for 8 years (since 2008) and has been past its best for 1 (since 2015). It normally takes wines from Château Rauzan-Ségla around 9 years to be ready to start drinking, and 12 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Latour 1995, Les Forts de Latour 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2007, Château Gloria 2009.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Rauzan-Ségla 1996
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
62 |