Community Tasting Notes 29

• Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 10, 2024 - Bottle opened in the restaurant without any particular preparation as recommended by the creator of this wine.
  
  Nose of cherry, kirsch and wilted rose.
  
  Quite austere on the palate, with a juice that struggles to deliver immediately but which reaches a good balance after a good aeration with aromas of leather. The wine has a beautiful silky feel but is in dire need of significant aeration. More alcoholic finish with incisive bitters which enhances the whole with a fresh finish with raspberry which returns boomerang-style.
  
  Very good wine, not tasted in optimal conditions unfortunately. But the 2011 tasted a few months earlier had impressed me more, 2009 being a more sunny vintage and therefore much richer, it is hardly surprising, this bottle needs more time on its hands.

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• winetobealive wrote: 92 points

  September 7, 2023 - ouvert 24h avant par Sébastien le formidable patron du « oh vin dieu ». nez noir de graphite, zan, pruneau. Grande longueur en bouche. Grande finesse et précision mais l’aromatique montre un peu de fermeture par rapport à l’exubérance du vacqueyras 2012 gouté 2 semaines avant. S ouvre après carafage sur les derniers verres avec des notes compotées de fraise des bois mûres , aidé par la montée en température de la canicule ambiante. Il aurait idéalement fallu déguster entre les 2 perceptions, et clairement pas un jour de canicule

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• Goodwine4ever wrote: 93 points

  June 12, 2023 - Dans l'état, je l'ai préféré au 2010.
  Zeste d'orange, cerise fraîche, délicat et assez profond.
  Encore bien jeune lui aussi.
  Plus expressif que le 2010 mais pour la longue garde j’achèterais le 2010.
  Une belle réussite, loin du GRAND 2011

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• Mario17 Likes this wine: 90 points

  June 11, 2023 - Le vin que j’ai le moins aimé des 6, un peu plus dur et faisait un peu alcooleux sans être mauvais. 89-90
  
  Out of the 6 Reynaud wines, the one i liked the less without being bad, alcool seemed higher, some heat on the finish.

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• chatters wrote:

  April 28, 2023 - En Primeur campaign for the 2022 vintage Day Seven (Bordeaux): "Served blind
  Quite savoury, earthy, slightly peppery, black over red fruits, acid is slightly sharp, tannic burr rasps the palate.
  I went with a Languedoc/Roussillon blend from a warm vintage - perhaps Minervois ?"

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Château Rayas
• Varietal Grenache
• Designation Pignan Reserve
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• UPC Code 4000135639706

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• In Cellars 553 (83%)
• Consumed 91 (14%)

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