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2000 Château Rayas Côtes du Rhône Château de Fonsalette Reserve
Red Rhone Blend
- France
- Rhône
- Southern Rhône
- Côtes du Rhône
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Community Tasting Notes 44
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831900_ Likes this wine: 97 points
April 28, 2024 - Deeply animal. Fruity. Strawberry moving in and out. An impossibly light and deep wine. Rayas Reserve w/the volume turned down a bit. Just about perfect.
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astroman Likes this wine: 93 points
March 9, 2024 - Hawker Food Night: Blind, earth, soy sauce, good elegance on the palate with med acidity.
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melvinyeowq wrote: 95 points
March 9, 2024 - Hawker night at Caroline's: Wow my first instinct was a Jamet with some age. Silky, dark red fruit with a hint of coffee notes, but when it was revealed to be a southern Rhone I said it had to be a Rayas-family wine. Guessed '98 or '01 Fonsalette because I didn't think the des Tours range had the structure to age so well. Loved the minerality here, which isn't something I come across in reds. Absolutely superb and probably the first time I've been wowed by a wine from the Rayas stable (not that I had many). Reading previous notes, seems like there is a huge bottle variation (as usual), so YMMV.
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AudunG wrote: 88 points
November 18, 2023 - Chevy, rich and concentrated, with sweet and boiled fruit. Not an optimal bottle?
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Raage Likes this wine: 90 points
September 29, 2023 - (CdV)
Un peu fatigué sans doute, polissé, bien évolué…
Les stigmates du style Reynaud restent perceptibles, avec l’aromatique sudiste si singulière, mais tout ici est en nuances. Finesse peut-être, mais on frôle (sur cette bouteille en tout cas) la chute de tension…
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By Stephen Tanzer
January/February 2002, IWC Issue #100 (link)(Chateau Rayas Chateau de Fonsalette Cotes du Rhone) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2000
- Type Red
- Producer Château Rayas
- Varietal Red Rhone Blend
- Designation Château de Fonsalette Reserve
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- SubRegion Southern Rhône
- Appellation Côtes du Rhône
- UPC Code 097985139733
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 255 (54%)
- Consumed 219 (46%)
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- CountryFrance
- RegionRhône
- SubRegionSouthern Rhône
- AppellationCôtes du Rhône
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