Slightly more fruit driven and younger seeming than the 08 Rayas next to it. At first this was quite closed on the nose, but a slow ox opened it up beautifully.
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Wow! An incredible wine… Very mature, transparent, some brownish color, was afraid of oxydation when pouring…but then a mixture of red fruits jumps at you, with rasperry dominating, light and very elegant, long finish…Now I understand all the hype around Rayas… even if it is only a Pignan.
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First bottle of the Pignan; its a wild wine; the nose is explosive with bright red berry fruits, herbs, initially a hint of earth and vegetal that blows off to reveal more liqueur like red fruits and spice; the palate is full and rich, more so than I would expect for the vintage, and leaves a lingering red fruit and floral finish. Really quite delicious; seems mature, but in no danger of declining.
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2/18/2024 - Vas19 wrote: 95 Points
Slightly more fruit driven and younger seeming than the 08 Rayas next to it. At first this was quite closed on the nose, but a slow ox opened it up beautifully.
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11/17/2021 - Lagrange68 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Wow! An incredible wine… Very mature, transparent, some brownish color, was afraid of oxydation when pouring…but then a mixture of red fruits jumps at you, with rasperry dominating, light and very elegant, long finish…Now I understand all the hype around Rayas… even if it is only a Pignan.
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5/13/2021 - LB88 wrote: 94 Points
Opened decanted and drank over 4 hours. This was drinking beautifully with typical strawberry kirch flavours with great length and finish.
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2/20/2020 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine:
Strawberries & cream, young, lovely, but bit short, pretty is the word
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8/6/2019 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
First bottle of the Pignan; its a wild wine; the nose is explosive with bright red berry fruits, herbs, initially a hint of earth and vegetal that blows off to reveal more liqueur like red fruits and spice; the palate is full and rich, more so than I would expect for the vintage, and leaves a lingering red fruit and floral finish. Really quite delicious; seems mature, but in no danger of declining.
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