WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 742; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 861. The average score for Château Rauzan-Ségla is 838, making this a below 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château Rauzan-Ségla: Overwhelm, Loaded, Oaked, Soupy, Thick, Underbrush, Loamy, Soil, Abundant, Equilibrium. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (14% vs 13.12%); it has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this region in 2009 (14% vs 13.34%). The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 9 years (by 2025). 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 Margaux 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2009, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Palmer 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château d’Issan 2010, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Giscours 2009, Château Branaire-Ducru 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Rauzan-Ségla 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
77 |
| 2016-01-09 |
gbp |
115 |
| 2015-07-02 |
gbp |
64 |