Ségla Margaux

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Wine Description

About half of the 52 hectares of vineyard are around the château, but there are additional parcels near Margaux and Brane-Cantenac. The plantings are comprised of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc with an average vine age of 30 years and a yield of 32 hl/ha. Soils at Rauzan-Ségla are composed of deep, fine gravel which makes for natural irrigation

After hand harvesting and a double sorting, the fruit is gently crushed and then delivered to stainless tanks by gravity-flow where the fermentation begins. Alcoholic fermentation in lasted eight days with pump overs two or three times a day. Malolactic fermentation mostly occurred in vat, but a few wines were done in barrel. The wine was aged in 20% new French oak barrels.

"Tasted blind. A little furry on the nose. Big ripe fruit on entry and then marked acid and tannin. Not graceful but punchy. Sudden finish." – 16 out of 20 points
— Jancis Robinson, Feb 2022

“The 2018 Ségla is every bit as impressive as it was from barrel. Readers will find a second wine that shows all stature of the Grand Vin, but with the volume turned out just a bit. Rich, pliant and wonderfully inviting, the 2018 Ségla has it all. Dark cherry, plum, mocha, spice and licorice all build in the glass. As always, Ségla is offered only after having spent a few years in the cellar. It's a wine to keep an eye on.”
— Vinous, Mar 2021

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Vineyard size

126 acres

Soil composition

Gravel

Varietal composition:

54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc

Length of alcoholic fermentation:

8 days

Maceration technique:

Pumpovers

Malolactic fermentation:

Yes

Type of aging container:

Barrels

Type of oak:

French

Age of Aging Container:

20% New

Total SO2

pH level:

3.64

Acidity:

3.52 g/L

Alcohol:

14 %

Total SO2

Residual sugar:

<3 g/L

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