Wine Chateau Rauzan-Segla, 2000
Tasting Notes
Wine dense inky-purple color.
The wine has a deep, rich, pure, powerful, perfectly balanced taste with a velvety texture, hints of ripe plums, warm shades of cocoa and black tea, rich tones of fig jam and blackberry. In the long aftertaste present light notes of tobacco.
The award-winning wine aroma felt notes of forest soil, shades of menthol rich in nuances of black currant, raspberry, mocha and lighter shades of chocolate and oak.
The wine will be an excellent couple of meat dishes, cheeses and delicacies.
Interesting Facts
Luxurious wine "Chateau Rauzan-Segla", 2010 is made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc grown in the vineyards of Grand Cru Class. The berries are harvested by hand and sorted into 20-pound boxes, then the grapes are mechanically separated from the ridges. Alcoholic fermentation lasts from 5 to 6 days at a maximum temperature of 29 ° C. After maceration, lasting 21-23 days, followed by a secondary malolactic fermentation. Excerpt wine occurs over 18-20 months in oak barrels Tronse, 60% of which - new. Aging potential of wine - more than 15 years.
Chateau Rauzan-Segla tops the list of manufacturers in their class, and around Bordeaux is second only to recognized grants, such as Château Latour, Château Margaux, Château Haut-Brion and Mouton Rothschild. Chateau Rauzan Seglya always had a reputation potentially excellent wine producer, but since the early 80s, he proved it in practice, began releasing a series of wines of the highest quality, which has continued to this Chateau Rauzan-den.Istoriya Segla began under King Louis XIV in 1661, when Pierre de Rauzan became the owner of the estate. Pierre was very rich and powerful man with an excellent reputation among wine merchants Bordeaux region. For many years, generations of families Rosanne successfully managed the estate, turning it into a prosperous and thriving winery.
Chateau Rauzan-Segla finally won its impeccable reputation in the world of wine at the end of the eighteenth century. Buildings that are now on the estate were built in 1903 by Frederick the owner Crusoe. In 1956 Chateau Rauzan Segla was sold, and over the next 30 years, it changed hands several times. In 1994, the House of Chanel buys Rauzan-Segla that breathed new Chateau Rauzan Segla zhizn.Chateau owns 52 hectares of vines (61% Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot 35%, 4% Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot), located outside of Margot. The average yield - 45 hl / ha. Soil: deep, gravel, clay layers at different levels. Average age of vines - 27 (some 50 years). Stocking density - 6600-10000 per hectare. Yields are regulated green fees during the summer. The berries are harvested by hand and sorted into 20-pound boxes. Thereafter grapes mechanically separated from the ridges.
