In Bond Fine Wine. 2019 Château Segla Segla (2nd wine of Rauzan Segla), Margaux, Bordeaux, France. Second wine • Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 93/100 (NM). Drinking window: 2024–2039. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Jane Anson (JA) — 92/100 · Inside Bordeaux, 12/01/2022 · Drink 2024-2036
The tannins have closed down from its En Primeur showing, suggesting there is a real depth to the fruit. Serious and subdued in feel, needs a good 20 minutes in the glass before showing its grilled cedar and liquorice-strewn cassis fruits.
Jane Anson (JA) — 93/100 · Decanter.com, 09/06/2020 · Drink 2024 - 2039
Savoury black fruits from the first attack, this is well structured, in the line of the 1st wine here. It has confident deftly-drawn tannins and overall a serious feel of a wine that balances its coffee and smoked cedar notes with slate minerality and a mouthwatering sappy finish. Impressive, a little subdued right now, but this will undoubtedly soften and deepen further over ageing.
Neal Martin (NM) — 93/100 · Vinous, 01/02/2023 · Drink 2026-2050
The 2019 S'gla has a tertiary, smoky, pencil box scented bouquet, a bit grouchier than its Margaux peers, stubborn in its flush of youth. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, pretty and quite elegant with a keen thread of acidity. There is impressive precision on the finish, quite mineral-driven with a satisfyingly persistent aftertaste. This Deuxi'me Vin always shines in blind tastin…