WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 841; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1998 which is 875. The average score for Château Rauzan-Ségla is 836, 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 1998 shares all of these characteristics. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12.5% vs 13.23%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 1998 (12.5% vs 12.66%). The wine has been ready to drink for 4 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 2 years (by 2018). 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 Montrose 2009, Château Palmer 2012, Château Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Mouton Rothschild 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Haut-Bages-Libéral 2010, Château Malescot St Exupéry 2005, Château Giscours 2009, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Haut-Batailley 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 1998
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
56 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
47 |