Brooding, funky, some barnyard floor but for me: quite exciting and fascinating both on the nose as well as on the palate.. The mot unlike Chateauneuf du Pape I ever had, but very interesting and making me want to take the next sip..
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Mostly CDP dinner (The Capital Grille at Tysons corner, VA): Expressive nose displaying very ripe red fruit, cherry, dry cherry, fruitcake, licorice, strong tobacco, leather, rare steak, dark spices, tree bark and earth. Excellent concentration, packed concentrated slightly dry red fruit, dense and deeply toned, medium acidity, earthy mineral, and a medium to long ripe red fruit driven finish with licorice and tobacco at the end. This shows tobacco and dry cherry that I associate with Rayas. Just like the 07 Rayas, it is extremely ripe.
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Châteauenuf-du-Pape 2007 - ten years after (chez moi): Alcohol here – quite marquee. Juice, yes, but this needs to be served cold to keep the vintage down. Made to impress. Falls apart after an hour, more or less dead on day 2.
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D1h. Garnet red, yellow rim, 4.5. Wonderful complex bouquet of garrigue, ripe red fruits and barnyard. Harmonious palate in perfect balance, still a bit tannin, a bit bitterness on the finish. Elegant for a C9P. Drink now-2018. What a surprise compared to my previous bottle.
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DnP. Garnet red, emerging yellow rim, 5. Discrete spicy to begin, +15min: opens up showing garrigue and red fruit but also rubber! Urrghh!! Same goes for the palate, still some tannin. Now or maybe four more years? Not a pleaser right now.
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My tasting note tonight was made without the memory of my previous note on this wine. Fortunately it is quite consistent with the note that I made 8/26/10. Medium-to-deep ruby with red rim. Clean nose, showing moderately intense aromas of blackberries, roasted herbs and garrigue. Medium-bodied on the palate, with low-to-medium acidity, medium sweet tannins and flavors mirroring the nose. The middle palate is full and the slightly dry finish is of medium length. Very nice for the price. This wine should drink well over the next several years. Drink now-1/17.
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Medium-to-deep ruby with red rim. Clean nose, showing moderately intense aromas of blackberries, roasted herbs and earth. Medium-to-full-bodied on the palate, with low-to-medium acidity, medium sweet tannins and flavors mirroring the nose. The middle palate is full and the slightly dry finish is of medium length. Very nice for the price. This wine should drink well over the next several years. Drink now-1/17.
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8/11/2023 - Bandreas wrote:
Brooding, funky, some barnyard floor but for me: quite exciting and fascinating both on the nose as well as on the palate.. The mot unlike Chateauneuf du Pape I ever had, but very interesting and making me want to take the next sip..
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6/29/2022 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
Mostly CDP dinner (The Capital Grille at Tysons corner, VA): Expressive nose displaying very ripe red fruit, cherry, dry cherry, fruitcake, licorice, strong tobacco, leather, rare steak, dark spices, tree bark and earth. Excellent concentration, packed concentrated slightly dry red fruit, dense and deeply toned, medium acidity, earthy mineral, and a medium to long ripe red fruit driven finish with licorice and tobacco at the end. This shows tobacco and dry cherry that I associate with Rayas. Just like the 07 Rayas, it is extremely ripe.
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5/9/2019 - LWI wrote: 92 Points
Klare likhetstrekk med Rayas, nedskalert, men fin kompleksitet her også. Både 01 og 07 er jo beherskede årganger i syd.
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1/17/2017 - beatles wrote:
Châteauenuf-du-Pape 2007 - ten years after (chez moi): Alcohol here – quite marquee. Juice, yes, but this needs to be served cold to keep the vintage down. Made to impress. Falls apart after an hour, more or less dead on day 2.
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12/19/2015 - asgerG wrote: 92 Points
D1h. Garnet red, yellow rim, 4.5. Wonderful complex bouquet of garrigue, ripe red fruits and barnyard. Harmonious palate in perfect balance, still a bit tannin, a bit bitterness on the finish. Elegant for a C9P. Drink now-2018. What a surprise compared to my previous bottle.
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11/25/2015 - brihprivat wrote: 90 Points
Relativ ung, peber, røde bær. Lidt sjov stikkende næse
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11/24/2015 - asgerG wrote: 88 Points
DnP. Garnet red, emerging yellow rim, 5. Discrete spicy to begin, +15min: opens up showing garrigue and red fruit but also rubber! Urrghh!! Same goes for the palate, still some tannin. Now or maybe four more years? Not a pleaser right now.
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12/24/2010 - Henrik Verup Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent! Drank it with roasted duck on Christmas Eve.
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12/21/2010 - asgerG wrote: 91 Points
Intense juicy fruit, fine balance. Drink now - 2017
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12/20/2010 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 89 Points
My tasting note tonight was made without the memory of my previous note on this wine. Fortunately it is quite consistent with the note that I made 8/26/10. Medium-to-deep ruby with red rim. Clean nose, showing moderately intense aromas of blackberries, roasted herbs and garrigue. Medium-bodied on the palate, with low-to-medium acidity, medium sweet tannins and flavors mirroring the nose. The middle palate is full and the slightly dry finish is of medium length. Very nice for the price. This wine should drink well over the next several years. Drink now-1/17.
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8/26/2010 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 89 Points
Medium-to-deep ruby with red rim. Clean nose, showing moderately intense aromas of blackberries, roasted herbs and earth. Medium-to-full-bodied on the palate, with low-to-medium acidity, medium sweet tannins and flavors mirroring the nose. The middle palate is full and the slightly dry finish is of medium length. Very nice for the price. This wine should drink well over the next several years. Drink now-1/17.
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