1992 | Chteau Rayas | Cotes du Rhone Chateau de Fonsalette Syrah

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Red Wine: 1992 | Chteau Rayas | Cotes du Rhone Chateau de Fonsalette Syrah

The wine is well balanced, has good acidity and is savoury. Very elegant and lithe, with plenty of acidity and some drying red fruit. There is excellent depth with a very elegant base to it.

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Producer: Chteau Rayas

Ratings: WS | 85

Vintage: 1992

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14%

Varietal: Syrah

Country/Region: France, Southern Rhone

The wine is well balanced, has good acidity and is savoury. Very elegant and lithe, with plenty of acidity and some drying red fruit. There is excellent depth with a very elegant base to it.

Reviews:

• Wine Spectator: An elegant, mature red that has subtle complexity in its fruity, spicy flavors, adding a long finish. It’s smooth and supple in texture and ready to drink.

Producer Information

Chteau Rayas is a leading producer in the Chteauneuf-du-Pape appellation of the Rhne Valley. It is one of the region’s most prestigious estates, and its wines fetch some of the highest prices in southern France. Much about Rayas is unusual. Firstly, the estate’s red wine is made solely from Grenache, unlike most Chteauneuf-du-Pape wines that typically contain Syrah, Mourvdre and a range of other varieties. Secondly, the estate’s 13 hectares (32 acres) of vineyard face north, and do not have any “galets rouls” the rounded stones so closely associated with the appellation and often found littering vineyard sites in Chteauneuf. Thirdly, the estate’s wines are matured in larger-format, “double-pice” 450-liter barrels. Chteau Rayas’ flagship Chteauneuf-du-Pape label is known for its sweet, pure fruit and silky texture, and has a reputation as one of the best wines in the appellation for longer-term aging. The second label, Pignan, is also 100 percent Grenache, and tends to be gutsy and ripe and not quite so polished in style as the top cuvee. The chteau’s white Chteauneuf-du-Pape is generally made from Grenache Blanc and Clairette in roughly equaly proportions. Chteau Rayas has been in the Reynaud family since the 1880s. Owner Emmanuel Reynaud also makes the (highly priced) Chteau de Fonsalette and Pialade Ctes du Rhne wines at the Rayas winery.