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Since 1994, Chanel has owned Château Rauzan-Ségla, elevating this historic 1661 estate into one of Bordeaux’s most admired Second Growths. Once so prized that Thomas Jefferson personally imported it, today the wines embody Coco Chanel’s credo: “Fashion changes, but style endures.”

Under winemaker Nicolas Audebert, Rauzan-Ségla has undergone a renaissance — modernized cellars, replanting across Margaux’s 21 soil types, and parcel-by-parcel precision. The result: wines that are at once silky, powerful, and enduring.

Earning the #34 spot in James Suckling’s Top 100 French Wines of 2025, the 2022 Rauzan-Ségla is hailed as a modern Margaux icon—where Chanel’s elegance meets near-perfect critical acclaim in a wine destined for legend.

The 2022 vintage is already being hailed as a “new paradigm for Bordeaux” (Wine Spectator, 95pts). Combining richness with elegance, it is built for decades of cellaring, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the very best of Margaux.

2022 Rauzan-Ségla will reward patience. While it shows stunning fruit purity today, critics recommend cellaring until 2029–2030 for full expression. Enjoyable through 2060 and beyond.

A blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot

Aging:  18 months in 60% new French oak barrels

~34 Top 100 French Wines of 2025 by James Suckling

~75 Top 100 Wines of 2025 by James Suckling

~99 Adrian van Velsen - vvWine.ch & VINUM

Aromas of blueberries and blackberries with walnuts and hints of tar that follow through to a medium to full body with plush and velvety tannins and a lovely, caressing mouthfeel. It closes up at the end. Extremely long, pure, and structured. Classic 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot. From organically grown grapes. Give this at least until after 2030 to open and come around. ~98 James Suckling

Deep ruby colour, opaque core, purple reflections, discreet brightening on the rim. Fresh cherries, hints of cassis, a touch of nougat and plums, fine wood spice, and orange zest; an inviting bouquet. Complex, juicy, ripe fruit, freshening acidity, elegant and mineral. Very long finish with chocolatey nuances. Full of promise, showing balance and delicacy. ~98 Falstaff

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2022 Rauzan-Segla is made from 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot, aged for 18 months in French oak, 50% of it new. It needs a little shaking to wake up scents of warm cassis, fresh blueberries, and lilacs, giving way to suggestions of menthol and fragrant soil. The full-bodied palate is laden with generous black fruit layers, supported by beautifully polished, soft tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and perfumed. ~97 The Wine Palate

The 2022 Rauzan-Ségla is showing well in bottle, unfurling in the glass with aromas of dark berries and cherries mingled with licorice, burning embers, and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, ample and velvety, it's suave and seamless, with its dense core of fruit framed by powdery structuring tannins that lend a more evident backbone than it exhibited en primeur. As readers may remember, the 2022 is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot; and in 2022, the east-facing sides of the vines, which see the afternoon sun, were picked separately, along with anything that showed signs of stress. ~96  Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

This is dreamy, with deliciously juicy mulberry and blackberry puree flavors that stream through, carried by a vivid mix of iris, violet, and anise, along with a long, well-embedded iron note. As this airs in the glass, it gains a caressing feel and greater depth, ending with a long echo of warm earth. Beautifully done. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. ~96 Wine Spectator

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