Chateau Rayas, Chateauneuf-du-Pape 1996 Barbaresco Tastes like liquid granite

Tastes like liquid granite

with slightly brooding blueberry and pomegranate flavors that are laced with black tea and orange peel and build toward medium-grained tannins

Paired with Lomo Saltado

Consulting winemaker Craig Williams (formerly of Joseph Phelps) surprised me by bringing a bottle of the 1974 Mayacamas Cabernet to lunch recently

First class juice

Chateau Rayas, Chateauneuf-du-Pape 1996 Barbaresco Tastes like liquid granite2. 5cm; torn label CellarTracker Member Bisato with Pascal and Francoise (Seattle, WA, USA): Mmmm, warm, baked earth, holy s**t, this just explodes, so warm, easy, stunning, spice market, stunningly pale, haunting, complex. Again in my notes I wrote HAUNTING!!! Just wow. 6 20 2024 96 Points CellarTracker Member The alcohol is not really noticeable and well integrated. Nice extract sweetness without any stewed fruits. Close to his peak. 1 19 2024