Chateau Rayas, Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2007
$2,465.00
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Drinking now · best from 2021 · will keep to 2039.
Tasting notes
Josh Raynolds · Vinous · 97
Bright ruby. Red berry, cherry and Asian spice aromas are lifted by sexy rose petals and blood orange notes. Impressively pure and perfumed, with remarkable precision and cut to its concentrated but lively cherry and black raspberry flavours.
The weightless, mineral-driven character of this wine is something else. In a distinctly delicate, feminine style, with superb finishing cut and energy. Unfortunately, this will cost a fortune when it lands in the U.S.
Jeb Dunnuck · Jeb Dunnuck · 95
The 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape was more impressive in its youth, and it dropped a fair bit of colour and is more upfront than I expected. Nevertheless, it's still a beautiful, elegant Rayas that offers classic notes of framboise, flower garden, strawberry jam and garrigue.
Medium to full-bodied, seductive and elegant on the palate, with that seamless style rarely found outside this address; drink it anytime over the coming decade or more.
Drink 2016 - 2032
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