The plantings are comprised of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc with an average vine age of 30 years and a yield of 32 hl/ha. Soils at Rauzan-Ségla are composed of deep, fine gravel which makes for natural irrigation.
About half of the 52 hectares of vineyard are around the Château, but there are additional parcels near Château Margaux and Château Brane-Cantenac (click here for a vineyard map).
After hand harvesting and a double sorting, the fruit is gently crushed and then delivered to stainless tanks by gravity-flow where the fermentation begins. Alcoholic fermentation in lasted eight days with pump overs two or three times a day. Malolactic fermentation mostly occurred in vat, but a few wines were done in barrel. The wine was aged in 20% new French oak barrels
Deep ruby in apperance, Ségla delivers aromas of blueberry and vanilla on the nose. On the palate it is medium bodied with silky tannins.