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2001 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Réserve
White Rhone Blend
- France
- Rhône
- Southern Rhône
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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Community Tasting Notes 13
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Burgundy Al wrote: 91 points
June 8, 2019 - Lisa's Big Birthday with Very Good Wine (Riverwoods, IL): Tasted double blind. Lush peach and apple with nuance and intriguing complexity. Lush, yet restrained. I thought this Northern Rhone. Very good now.
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acyso wrote: flawed
May 6, 2018 - Vinetasters: Rayas (Skokie, IL): Served double blind in a Rayas lineup. A nice enough nose, with some ripe stone fruit, tart apple, and slight herbal aromatics. Quite a rich and powerful palate, with a touch of peachiness. On the other hand, there's almost no discernible acidity on the palate. Very generous amount of glycerol, wax, and all sorts of palate-coating richness. A little bit of barnyard and a touch of bitterness. This finishes with a splash of licorice on the finish. Well made for what this is (clearly a Rhone white), but certainly not my style. However, there were whiffs of TCA here and there, and while others seemed to think that this wasn't corked (just old), I wasn't quite as confident.
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beatles wrote: 93 points
September 9, 2017 - PB 50 Rayas Extravarganza (PB's house, Charlottenlund): Dark hue, oxidative notes – on the nose, but taste is pure joy; minerals, honey, rich and broad wine. Drink up.
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fcxj wrote: 86 points
August 31, 2017 - Not a style I love with waxy, marzipan, peach, apricot nose and a syrupy texture.
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pbaek wrote:
May 11, 2017 - The second time I've been lucky enough to taste this wine over the past year. Once again, a great experience. Here, as I noted in the 2004 Fonsalette Blanc, I notice marks of fennel and spices combined with a great minerality and a just a hint of citrus. Very expressive with understated richness and intensity. Truly a great Rayas blanc. With Niels at Malling Kro.
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By Stephen Tanzer
January/February 2003, IWC Issue #106 (link)(Chateau Rayas Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2001
- Type White
- Producer Château Rayas
- Varietal White Rhone Blend
- Designation Blanc Réserve
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- SubRegion Southern Rhône
- Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 104 (65%)
- Consumed 55 (35%)
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- SubRegionSouthern Rhône
- AppellationChâteauneuf-du-Pape
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