Very young, on the first day oak was too much for me. Not integrated yet, not much fruit on palate, reductive and oak notes, although there’s some silty tones to be found. All and all big and powerful style of wine but not going to touch the other bottles for the coming 2 3 years.
Obviously the wine is very young but sometimes definitely ready to drink. This wine really needs time to be pleasant and complete
2nd day the wine had some sweeter fruit and green apple. Oak became rye and salted caramel and everything nicely balanced. Unfortunately there’s no 3rd day
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Rayas never disappoints. Laser focused but with rose hip, truffle, iodine, forest floor and crunchy fruit. Finish of 15+ seconds, only had a tasting glass unfortunately.
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Forest Floor, red plum, powerful nose, small bit of capsicum in nose (Touch of cab franc?) Cigar Box, Creamy lactic scent, weed, raspberry black berry rooibos, charcoal. After time really became perfume but I thought the tannine structure was less refined, more coarse than 2011 and 2014.
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2017 Caroline Morey Chassagne-Montrachet Chambrées
1/4/2021 - caskratz Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very young, on the first day oak was too much for me. Not integrated yet, not much fruit on palate, reductive and oak notes, although there’s some silty tones to be found. All and all big and powerful style of wine but not going to touch the other bottles for the coming 2 3 years.
Obviously the wine is very young but sometimes definitely ready to drink. This wine really needs time to be pleasant and complete
2nd day the wine had some sweeter fruit and green apple. Oak became rye and salted caramel and everything nicely balanced. Unfortunately there’s no 3rd day
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2008 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve
11/20/2020 - caskratz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Rayas never disappoints. Laser focused but with rose hip, truffle, iodine, forest floor and crunchy fruit. Finish of 15+ seconds, only had a tasting glass unfortunately.
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2003 Pétrus
10/6/2020 - caskratz Likes this wine: 90 Points
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Forest Floor, red plum, powerful nose, small bit of capsicum in nose (Touch of cab franc?) Cigar Box, Creamy lactic scent, weed, raspberry black berry rooibos, charcoal. After time really became perfume but I thought the tannine structure was less refined, more coarse than 2011 and 2014.
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