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Sunday, December 16, 2018 - Glass: Zalto Burgundy
Clean, medium garnet-tawny color, more like an intense Rosé. Clean, medium+ intense, developing nose with lots o red berries (raspberry, strawberry), cinnamon, cloves, dried rose petals and other flowers. Very complex, dense and compact. More Burgundy than Chateuneuf.
Dry, perfect integrated, medium+ acidity. The rather high alcohol of 14% abv. is barely noticeable. On the contrary, this wine seems rather airy and never hot. On the palate also very dense and compact with lots of red berries, fine black tea and rose petals. Oak is only giving a wonderful structure. The high tannin is perfectly integrated, silky and velvet and gives this wine a beautiful texture. Overall it has a balance and elegance that I have never seen in a Chateauneuf before! Surely it is a limping comparison, but I perfectly understand, why people say that Rayas is the most Burgundian wine in Chateuneuf. Long and elegant finish. This wine drinks nicely now, but it will continue to evolve for at least another decade. Great experience! 94-95

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