Château Rayas Blanc 1999
White
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France
8.6
WineSaint
Waxy citrus peel and dried herbs open to reveal remarkable textural weight. The palate shows honeyed stone fruit, bitter orange and spice box complexity, all wrapped in creamy richness. Tangy acidity cuts through the density on a long, resonant finish. Drinking beautifully now.
honeyed stone fruitbitter orangedried herbsspice box
Label
Château Rayas
→Château Rayas is the most mythologized estate in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, producing pure Grenache of startling finesse from old vines on sandy, sheltered soils. Its wines age for decades and routinely redefine what the appellation can be.