2005 Château Rayas Côtes du Rhône Château de Fonsalette Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (69) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  1/6/2024 - Dave Canada wrote: 94 Points

  This wine has not moved since the last time I had it...for my palate this is a hold...gorgeous but needs time!
  Wait for future bottles until 2028-2030

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  11/17/2023 - cos65 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Syrah
  Still deep clear ruby
  Fairly lush and drinking perfectly from this particular bottle

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  11/5/2022 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Warm nose of garrigue and spices.
  
  Loose mouth with a very beautiful juice where spices and sweet herbs intermingle. It is very balanced, juicy and tasty at the same time. Nice texture, with a warm finish that heats up a bit, especially on a smoky side.
  
  Excellent.

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  3/26/2022 - WineDoctors wrote: 93 Points

  garnet; starting to break with rim, fig, lavender, black olive. velvety tannins yield to long finish. Drinking well right now not going to push this drink window.

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  1/2/2022 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:

  New Years with the Ks and Browns: Served with lamb chops; this was delicious; lovely nose of red fruit, garrigue, spices, and earthy hints. The balance is excellent on the palate and it has good balance and is still pretty fresh. Very good and likely at or near peak.

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