2022 Chateau Rauzan-Gassies - 2eme Cru Margaux

Decanter.com – 93 pts – GH: *Juicy and clean, this has a lovely soft elegance, lighter in terms of fruit density than some, but still super tannic, they're fleshy but cool and really fill the mouth. This keeps the precision though, a full and dense wine, but stays the right side in all the areas - acidity, fruit, tannins, freshness and length. Nice potential here for a really enjoyable easy drinking wine still with flavour and structure. Tasted twice. Harvest 9-26 September. Yield of 29hl/ha. Ageing in French oak for 18 months.* - 04/2023

Falstaff Magazin – 94 pts – PM: *Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Frische Pflaumen und schwarze Kirschen, zart nach Feigen und Orangenzesten. Saftig, etwas Nugat, aber auch florale Nuancen, stoffig, elegant und anhaftend, mineralisch im Nachhall, gute Länge, würziger Stil, hat Reifepotenzial.* - 01/2023

Vinous.com – (92-94) pts – AG: *The 2022 Rauzan Gassies is fabulous. Rich and dramatic, the 2022 offers up copious inky fruit, crème de cassis, lavender, menthol, chocolate and sage. The 2022 is an especially flamboyant Rauzan Gassies, but all the elements are very nicely put together. It will be interesting to revisit this in bottle.* - 04/2023

Vinous.com – (90-92) pts – NM: *The 2022 Rauzan Gassies has a light bouquet with brambly black fruit, touches of freshly-tilled earth and pressed flowers. Pretty, with no signs of the greenness that occasionally afflicts this Margaux. The palate is medium-bodied, with blackberry, black pepper and graphite notes. Well-balanced, nicely focused, this is unquestionably the best Rauzan Gassies that I have tasted at primeur. I cross my fingers that the quality implied here can be transferred into bottle.* - 04/2023

Thewinecellarinsider.com – (91-93) pts – JL: *Flowers, black raspberries, currants, spice, and licorice create the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, supple, and forward, finishing with black currants, cherries, touches of spice, and savory herbs on the backend of the chalky finish. Drink from 2026-2040.* - 05/2023