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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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 .
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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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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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3/22/2024 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points
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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12/21/2022 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 94 Points
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 .
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11/16/2022 - MC2 Wines wrote:
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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6/29/2022 - dcwino wrote: flawed
Mostly CDP dinner (The Capital Grille at Tysons corner, VA): Unfortunately corked!
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2/12/2022 - DBdeParis Likes this wine:
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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