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2016 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve
Grenache
- France
- Rhône
- Southern Rhône
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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Community Tasting Notes 2
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Jeff Leve wrote: 100 points
September 18, 2018 - Clearly, this is going to be one of the great vintages of Rayas ever produced! With a finish that sticks with you for over 60 seconds, the endless layers of silky, fresh, sweet, vibrant, cherries grabs you. The fruit has this haunting sense of purity that makes you wonder, how on earth did they capture that? There is depth, complexity and volume that goes on for days. Rayas is becoming harder to find every year. But if you have the disposable income and the connections to land a few bottles of this magic elixir, jump on it. Wines like this do not come around all that often.
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Philippe_C wrote: 96 points
January 21, 2018 - Levant (PI): Skeleton, long term, black cherries, peper... tannin present, a bit harsh, cerise du Nord (92+/100)
Coeur (PIII): Very nice nose of sappy cherries, framboise... Very ripe taste, beautiful ripe tannin, nice lenght, tight (95/100)
Couchant (PII): Spicy nose of bacon, red cherries, black peper... fat, silky taste, framboise, cherries, salinity (96/100)1 person found this helpful Comment
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- 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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- SubRegionSouthern Rhône
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