Birthday dinner

Wild Tavern Restaurant
Tasted Tuesday, January 14, 2020 by Cooky474 with 70 views

Flight 1 - The whites (1 Note)

Flight 2 - The Rhone Reds (3 Notes)

  • 2003 Rene Rostaing Côte-Rôtie Cuvée Classique 89 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    Came across as young, fresh and a bit simple. Lovely wine, but it was up against some genuine classics.

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  • 2000 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 93 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    Coming up to 20 years old, and still so young primary. It's a sensational wine that is drinking fantastically, but I'll try and hold off on my remaining bottle for 5 years or so as it is not going downhill for many years, and some further years could see further complexity added.

    Primarily red fruits on nose. Palate delivers on the promise, with leather also coming through. Still so powerful, yet everything in perfect balance with a lovely streak of acidity running through it. Quite brilliant length.

    Slow O'd from mid-afternoon before taking to the restaurant.

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  • 2006 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve 94 Points

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    The bouquet seemed to leap from the glass and was in the lighter end of the red fruit spectrum, with strawberry prominent. In the mouth, it was almost ethereal with a sense of lightness I've not come across in a wine before, and yet it had a density and power as well. Length went on and on.

    My first experience with Rayas, and it will haunt me...

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Closing

The Rayas!

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