Community Tasting Note

Jared wrote:

Monday, April 18, 2011 - Decanted for around 2 hours. My first go'round with Rayas and all I've got to say is holy f#ck. The aromatics of this wine were so intriguing that as with the Cayuse 05 NB, I just smelled it for at least an hour before I took my first sip. As we drank some tasty whites, I just kept going back to this wine with equal parts love and confusion. The emotion of love was easy as this light-colored beauty just slowly leaked dried flowers, herbs de provence, wild strawberries, and honey-covered cherries. The crinkled brow started as I began to realize that I'd never had a CdP that was so feminine and beautiful. Such a contrast to the 06 Clos des Papes that was also at the table (this wine was no slouch, either). After an hour of savoring the nose, I finally took the plunge and unlike the time I gave in to the peer pressure and smoked pot, I did not come away disappointed. Light to medium-bodied with a sexy, silky mouthfeel. Bright red fruit (think cherries, strawberries, and huckleberries) enveloped in a floral handbag that just left you reaching for the glass time and time again. Such a sneaky long finish that you honestly thought you still had wine in your mouth minutes after you swallowed. This wine was so intoxicating that we would yell RAYAS throughout the dinner and then drop whatever we were doing and take a huge sniffy-sniff. Wow! 98 pts.

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