2016 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 98 points

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  9/18/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 100 Points

  Clearly, this is going to be one of the great vintages of Rayas ever produced! With a finish that sticks with you for over 60 seconds, the endless layers of silky, fresh, sweet, vibrant, cherries grabs you. The fruit has this haunting sense of purity that makes you wonder, how on earth did they capture that? There is depth, complexity and volume that goes on for days. Rayas is becoming harder to find every year. But if you have the disposable income and the connections to land a few bottles of this magic elixir, jump on it. Wines like this do not come around all that often.

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  1/21/2018 - Philippe_C wrote: 96 Points

  Levant (PI): Skeleton, long term, black cherries, peper... tannin present, a bit harsh, cerise du Nord (92+/100)
  Coeur (PIII): Very nice nose of sappy cherries, framboise... Very ripe taste, beautiful ripe tannin, nice lenght, tight (95/100)
  Couchant (PII): Spicy nose of bacon, red cherries, black peper... fat, silky taste, framboise, cherries, salinity (96/100)

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