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1994 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve
Grenache
- France
- Rhône
- Southern Rhône
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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Community Tasting Notes 59
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Jeff Leve wrote: 94 points
March 22, 2024 - From a vintage without much of a reputation, this is quite a surprise. The wine offers ample levels of sweet, ripe, kirsch, dried flowers, mint, and spice. On the palate, the wine is fresh, refined, medium-bodied, and loaded with sweet, bright, kirsch notes. Drink from 2024-2030.
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Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 94 points
December 21, 2022 - Medium red, no brick.
Red berries and black spice, refined , fragrant.
Delicious blend of red berries and spice, soft and fleshy , nice acid balance , refined tannins . Stylish drinking. Little sign of age, just beautiful . -
MC2 Wines wrote:
November 16, 2022 - La Tablee: Rayas Dinner with Gregory Castells & Martine Saunier (La Mercerie): Tougher year and here there was a bit of brett which I'm not totally against but it's harder in the Rayas where the appealing comes from this clean fresh elegant style. It took away a bit. Not throwing it out of my glass, but not as good as the '95.
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dcwino wrote: flawed
June 29, 2022 - Mostly CDP dinner (The Capital Grille at Tysons corner, VA): Unfortunately corked!
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DBdeParis Likes this wine:
February 12, 2022 - Decanted 3 hours in advance. Nose started out with notes of Kalamata olive, seaweed/briny notes. As evening went on the wine developed endless layers on the nose and palate. Every few minutes something new emerges. Alas this was the last bottle of '94 for us but what a way to go. Still in tannin/acid balance. Chapeau.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1994
- Type Red
- Producer Château Rayas
- Varietal Grenache
- Designation Reserve
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- SubRegion Southern Rhône
- Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 214 (58%)
- Consumed 151 (41%)
Food Pairing
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- CountryFrance
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- SubRegionSouthern Rhône
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