Segla By Chateau Rauzan Segla Margaux 2018

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Segla By Chateau Rauzan Segla Margaux 2018.

Segla By Chateau Rauzan Segla Margaux 2018
14% alcohol, cork, France.

Beautiful structure to this wine and feeling of freshness throughout as well. No quibbles about the flavour profile either; this is complex and attractive at once, with redcurrant, musk, an assortment of dried herb notes and a mix of undergrowth and sweet spice characters. It’s fruity, leafy, savoury and touched – but only touched – by polished, smoky oak as well. Everything here is in ‘what’s not to like’ territory. Whether it quite has enough depth, or gravitas, for really high points is worth pondering but not worth fretting over. The quality and feel of this wine is excellent, and it will age with great charm. 93+ points.

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Segla is the so-called “second” wine of the famed Chateau Rauzan Segla. It’s made using Cabernet Sauvignon (54%), Merlot (40%), Petit Verdot (5%) and Cabernet Franc (1%).

Campbell Mattinson

This post was written by Campbell Mattinson. Mattinson is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of The Winefront business. He is the author of five books on wine – four of which were bestsellers (The Wine Hunter, the Big Red Wine Book 2008, the Big Red Wine Book 2009, and the Big Red Wine Book 2010).

Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson, who is 100% independent, has tasted between 5000 and 10,000 wines each and every year for the past 25 years. He tastes blind, in comparative brackets, as often as is practicable.

Campbell Mattinson is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic. In all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

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