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  • Country ranking ?

    531
  • Producer ranking ?

    11
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Game

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The Story

One could become addicted to Rayas wines. The rich aromatic herbal reds and the intense complex whites. The red wines are unique. Contrary to the common belief that good Châteauneuf-du-Pape should be made from a blend of grape varieties, at Rayas only the Grenache is used and only old vines from north facing slopes. The result is a wine that will age for 20 years or more. A longer than normal period in cask only adds to the complexity and dept...

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Châteauneuf du Pape – Château Rayas

The name Châteauneuf-du-Pape bears an ecclesiastic heritage, the straight translation being “The new castle of the Pope”. From the year 1305 to 1375, which marked the periods of ascendancy of seven Popes, the holy throne was relocated from Rome to the tiny village of Avignon. The background to this relocation was nothing less than a holy power struggle, between the king of France and the Pope. For a ch...

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Legendary wine and this showed exactly why. For me, the wine of the day. Over the years, I have marginally preferred the 1990, but it has always been so close and today, this was utterly seductive and enticing. Truly stunning wine. Complex, fragrant, elegant and yet powerful. So supple and textured. Black cherries, cloves, earth notes all combined. Such length. I found this absolutely glorious (as did almost everyone), though our friend with his preference for young Burgundy was not convinced, declaring that in Burgundian terms, this was an okay Premier Cru at best. Wine, being such a subjective topic, means that every opinion should be given equal respect – even when it is completely wrong, as it is here. 100.

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The two Rayases that followed were both great, but I couldn’t pay as much attention any more.  The 1989 Rayas had a Smuckers jam quality to it, and that is all that I wrote, other than (95).  I could see the ’45 Ra in my glass of1990 Rayas.  Such great potential, I can’t wait to try it again in 45 years, and maybe another dozen times before then (98).

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Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône
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