WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 820; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 861. The average score for Château Rauzan-Ségla is 837, 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 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château Rauzan-Ségla: Carries, Glossy, Appealing, Atypical, Beefy, Foresty, Fig, Charcoal, Cutting, Bittersweet. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (13.5% vs 13.21%); it has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this region in 2012 (13.5% vs 12.92%). The wine will be ready to drink in 4 years (in 2020) and should be consumed within the next 16 years (by 2032). 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 Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Cheval Blanc 2006, Château Angélus 2005, Château Clerc-Milon 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Canon 2012, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Haut-Brion 2012, Château Haut-Bages-Libéral 2010, Château La Lagune 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 2012
Date |
Currency |
Price |
2016-01-17 |
gbp |
40 |
2016-01-05 |
gbp |
33 |
2015-07-02 |
gbp |
48 |