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1998 Rayas, Chateau Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve

Proprietary Blend: 750ml

$199.99

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points awarded:
ST 92 WA 94 WS 93

94 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 2003

Although the 1998 is not among the most compelling wines of the vintage, it continues to put on weight and performs better and better with each tasting. It appears to be the finest effort Emmanuel Reynaud has yet produced.


92 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, January 2001

Medium red. Deep, smoky aromas of strawberry, roasted plum, raspberry and roasted meat. Big, sweet and peppery in the middle palate, but not yet expansive. Larger-scaled and more roasted than the Pignan but today it not showing the sheer concentration or sappy, primary red berry sweetness of the great Rayas vintages of recent decades. Still, this opens out very nicely on the long finish, which features dusty, fine tannins.


93 points,

Wine Spectator, September 2007

This continues to evolve, and always benefits from a lot of air time in the glass (or decanter), which allows its lilting, perfumy aromas and light color to become more concentrated and darker. Cherry, rose petal, pine forest, spice and mineral notes hang on the supple frame with deceptive grip on the finish.--1998 Châteauneuf-du-Pape retrospective. Drink now through 2017. 1,250 cases made. -JM


94 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 2003

Although the 1998 is not among the most compelling wines of the vintage, it continues to put on weight and performs better and better with each tasting. It appears to be the finest effort Emmanuel Reynaud has yet produced.


92 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, January 2001

Medium red. Deep, smoky aromas of strawberry, roasted plum, raspberry and roasted meat. Big, sweet and peppery in the middle palate, but not yet expansive. Larger-scaled and more roasted than the Pignan but today it not showing the sheer concentration or sappy, primary red berry sweetness of the great Rayas vintages of recent decades. Still, this opens out very nicely on the long finish, which features dusty, fine tannins.


93 points,

Wine Spectator, September 2007

This continues to evolve, and always benefits from a lot of air time in the glass (or decanter), which allows its lilting, perfumy aromas and light color to become more concentrated and darker. Cherry, rose petal, pine forest, spice and mineral notes hang on the supple frame with deceptive grip on the finish.--1998 Châteauneuf-du-Pape retrospective. Drink now through 2017. 1,250 cases made. -JM


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