Complex nose of rose, litchi, confit cherries and leather. In the mouth, a fireworks of flavours blows-up : cherries, violet, liquorice perfectly blended with tobacco and leather. Aromas are concentrated, balanced and pure. Hints of minerlaity give freshness and additional balance. The finale lasts for more than a minute !! THis wine was drunk at the same time as latour 59, grange 71 and margaux 83, with a great dinner and close friends and wine lovers. Mike Goldstone prose is much better than mine. Please review his comments for more details.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Almost completely resolved. Not showing any fruit, great secondary flavors but with a short and uneventful finish. Quite sad. Drink asap as this is barely holding on if at all.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Dinner @ Christiansholm (Christiansholm): Oxidised and sherry like - tasted this some months ago with similar notes. Interesting, but only when you love Rayas .... will it be back for a second life? Hardly. NR
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.
6/21/2010 - jpijg wrote: 96 Points
Complex nose of rose, litchi, confit cherries and leather. In the mouth, a fireworks of flavours blows-up : cherries, violet, liquorice perfectly blended with tobacco and leather. Aromas are concentrated, balanced and pure. Hints of minerlaity give freshness and additional balance. The finale lasts for more than a minute !!
THis wine was drunk at the same time as latour 59, grange 71 and margaux 83, with a great dinner and close friends and wine lovers. Mike Goldstone prose is much better than mine. Please review his comments for more details.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/24/2009 - gripNsip wrote: 86 Points
Almost completely resolved. Not showing any fruit, great secondary flavors but with a short and uneventful finish. Quite sad. Drink asap as this is barely holding on if at all.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/28/2009 - beatles wrote: flawed
Dinner @ Christiansholm (Christiansholm): Oxidised and sherry like - tasted this some months ago with similar notes. Interesting, but only when you love Rayas .... will it be back for a second life? Hardly. NR
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment