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• Raage Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 19, 2023 - (CDV)
  La teinte est orangée, assez claire, brillante, avec pas mal de particules en suspension.
  Le Nez est dingue, du Reynaud pur jus, allant des agrumes (orange) aux fleurs (séchées), en passant par l’olive verte et la fraise écrasée, les Epices, le sous-bois et une pointe cuirée. Quel intensité, et quelle complexité !
  En bouche, la rondeur presque sucrée, suave, s’équilibre avec une acidité remarquable, des tanins fins et polis par le temps. Ici, la douceur et l’acidité complètent une matière plutôt discrète, le vin n’en impose pas par sa structure phenolique.
  Décidément, j’aime beaucoup rayasse sur les millésimes frais/pluvieux… (2008)

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• vetty wrote: 93 points

  July 15, 2021 - it's ripen, red (so red), sweet, I mean so sweet as a non-sweet red.
  It has honey, perfume, lots of white pepper and spice, peach, jujube， mineral, and rust. I'm like drinking sweet wine.
  Light body maybe bc the old vintage?

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• hprphf wrote: 94 points

  July 15, 2021 - Rhone & Champagne x BBQ Meats: Somewhat a vintage I did not have the best experiences with in Rhone (including the top producers), but damn Rayas well exceeded my expectations. Spicy cherry fruit on the nose, quite sweet, almost liquor-like, with a bright core just glowing with its charm. Weightless and lifted on the palate. Barely any edge, so smooth, yet with its incredible flow of energy going all around. To be fair, still lighter than even other vintages of Rayas, but this is a major success, and very ready to drink today. 94

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• Aravind Asok wrote:

  March 6, 2020 - From the same source as my bottles from a few years ago. Sweet, sweet raspberry and incense, leaning in a cloying direction without actually getting there. Sweet tea, and a touch of VA. More advanced than my last bottle. On the palate, excellent, vibrant, acidity, tawny red fruit, a touch of porty density, but weightless nonetheless, and a pepper heat on the finish. This is stunning, if perhaps on the downslope.

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• Dehrmann Likes this wine: 93 points

  October 10, 2019 - Slightly troubled. Okie
  Gorgeous nose...intense raspberry and spice
  Slight green notes
  Soft tannins
  
  Dinner at Marcus

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type Red
• Producer Château Rayas
• Varietal Grenache
• Designation Reserve
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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• In Cellars 120 (59%)
• Consumed 84 (41%)

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