1981 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  5/4/2023 - jhbehrens Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Decanted in a carafe to separate it from the depot and returned to the bottle. Drank after 2-3 hours. Beautifully developed tertiairy aromas giving a highly fragrant bouquet of sweet flowers, powerful cedar wood and tobacco, so elegant still and light footed given its age. Very much in its drinking window still. Unforgettable wine.

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  1/28/2023 - Orange Tsian wrote: 94 Points

  虽然经过了40多年的岁月，但在倒入杯时分，仍然有着旺盛而甜美的果味，新鲜多汁的甜樱桃、鲜枸杞、还有些化作果浆的红果味，向着鼻腔涌来。随着而来的是两种截然相反但是融合在一起的风格，激烈的打火石带着矿物粉尘笼罩着果味，但是这粉尘感却又顺畅地过渡到旧皮革、旧书册和羊毛地毯上的粉尘味，像是进了旧书店一般，还有些干玫瑰、干紫罗兰之类的干花，红枣、板蓝根粉末、野味以及黑胡椒的风味，背景中是枸杞根、五指毛桃这样的甜木质，沉淀平稳中也有鲜活感，不久后，轻微湿润的泥土中出现了羊肚菌和淡淡的松露味……真是复杂且融合。入口相比香气更为沉稳，单宁还是较多，不算太匀整，闪烁地分布在舌面上，有些参差，通体柔顺，有很多樱桃和莓果酱味，是甜蜜的平静，也有纵贯的劲儿。口中有不少粉尘、旧皮革、干无花果、干枸杞、菌菇、矿物感、动物皮毛、党参和烟草之类的味道都揉在一起了，要说有多么精彩和惊艳，似乎也不至于，但喝上一杯，似乎能深呼一口气，把烦心事先抛到一边。94-95/100

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  9/18/2022 - FransS wrote:

  Winefield's pre sale tasting: as Frank Jacobs explained the level was appr. 10 centimeters below the cork, the wine however still showed a friendly sweetnes as well as an acceptable oxidative impression; still drinkable.

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  11/26/2020 - CharlieBaker wrote:

  Definitely past prime, but not totally bad.

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  3/6/2019 - CharlieBaker wrote:

  Bob says keep

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