1998 - Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rayas

Country: France |
Region: Rhone |
Appellation: Chateauneuf-du-Pape |
Producer: Rayas |
Colour: Red |
ABV: 14% |

Tasting Notes

92
Vinous Antonio Galloni - 01 Aug 07
The only wine that seemed a little out of place was the 1998 Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It offered attractive suggestions of sweet licorice, underbrush and herbs, but didn’t have the depth of fruit of the wines that would follow. 
Drinking Date:
20
Jancis Robinson Jancis Robinson - 17 Nov 18
Magnum served blind. Absolutely glorious. Extremely sweet and rich. Very flattering and obviously mature. Lightly sandy texture and strong tamarind notes. Jewel-bright fruit that is much more direct in its appeal than the Beaucastel 1983 served immediately before it. Over time became grainer and developed some brown-sugar notes. Pure pleasure. (JR)
Drinking Date: 2010 - 2028