This is showing really well right now with an exuberance and richness that verges on extravagance. It's full body, firmly textured with a ripe and rich fruit too. So much berry, spice, chocolate and incense character. Love to drink it now but a long life ahead of it.

A blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 2005 Rauzan-Segla is medium to deep garnet in color, with a touch of brick. It needs a lot of shaking to wake up fragrant notes of rose oil, cardamom, iron ore, and dried cherries, opening out to a core of blackcurrant pastilles, cigar box, and star anise, plus a touch of Darjeeling tea. The medium-bodied palate delivers taut, muscular red and black fruits, with a firm, fine-grained texture and fantastic tension, finishing very long, with loads of mineral and floral layers. It’s just gorgeous and still has many years ahead of it.- Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Very beautiful aromas of crushed berry, flowers, currant and Indian spices follow through to a full body, with ultrafine tannins and a long, long finish. Extremely polished and beautiful, with a seamless texture. Best after 2014. 10,000 cases made.

A great bottle, the 2005 Château Rauzan-Segla was open and incredibly expressive, with a complex, full-bodied, concentrated style that benefited from just a touch of air. Ripe currants, smoked tobacco, saddle leather, and spicy underbrush-like notes all just about jump out of the glass, and it has velvety tannins, a broad, layered mid-palate, and outstanding length. Drink this sexy, seamless, incredibly impressive Margaux over the coming 15-20 years.

A wine with a beautiful mouthfeel and shape. This is rich, gleaming in the ripe black fruits, the touch of spice and mint, as well as the sweet blackberry flavors. The acidity is balanced, showing off the fruit. There is weight and density as well. — Roger Voss

Deep garnet in color, the 2005 Rauzan-Ségla sings of plum preserves, redcurrant jelly, raspberry pie, kirsch and blackcurrant cordial with nuances of dried lavender, rose hip tea, hoisin and incense. The medium to full-bodied palate is densely packed with rich, expansive black fruits with loads of incense and exotic spice sparks, finishing long and layered. Still quite youthful, I anticipate a long life ahead for this perfumed beauty!- Lisa Perrotti-Brown

2005 is a vintage that has taken its time to soften, but here the austerity of its youth has now given way to floral Margaux notes of roses and dried flowers, together with gorgeous exotic spices, brambled black fruits and smoky edge that Rauzan Segla does so well. It's beginning to motor along, and is a great wine for pairing with food right now. Harvest ran from 21 September to 7 October, giving a 39hl/ha yield. 2% Cabernet Franc completes the blend. 70% new oak.