- Château Rauzan-Ségla 2021 has been released at £720 per 12×75.
- Neal Martin awarded it 94-96 points.
- The new release is among the best value wines on the market today.
As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2021 has been released at €60 per bottle ex-négociant, down 9.1% on the 2020’s opening price.
It is being offered by the international trade for £720 per 12×75. The new release is among the best value wines on the market today. See more pricing analysis below.
Critics’ scores
Neal Martin (Vinous) awarded today’s release 94-96 points, commenting: ‘Very pure and well-defined, this gains intensity in the glass’.
Antonio Galloni gave it 94-97, noting that the wine ‘balances classic structure with modern-day precision’.
William Kelley (The Wine Advocate) scored it 93-95, observing that the 2021 was ‘layered and seamless, with a sweet core of fruit, powdery tannins, lively acids and an impressively penetrating finish’.
The wine also received 90-92 from Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, 94-96 from Jeff Leve, 93-94 from James Suckling and 93 from Jane Anson.
Fair Value analysis
Prices for Rauzan-Ségla show correlation to Wine Advocate (57.4%) and James Suckling’s (69.4%) critic scores, which Liv-ex members on Silver+ packages can explore on the Fair Value tool.
Nonetheless, with 94-96 points from Martin, today’s release looks attractively priced.
Buyers looking for value might want to consider the 2017, which has 94-points from Martin and is available at a 23.7% discount to today’s release. The 2020 has a higher critic score and comes at 9.7% premium.
Our Bordeaux En Primeur 2021 page contains everything you need to know about this year’s campaign. You can also sign up for our daily En Primeur email alerts using the form below.
Liv-ex analysis is drawn from the world’s most comprehensive database of fine wine prices. The data reflects the real time activity of Liv-ex’s 560+ merchant members from across the globe. Together they represent the largest pool of liquidity in the world – currently £100m of bids and offers across 16,000 wines. Independent data, direct from the market.
