Keith Herrick

9.8

STUNNING! Wotn, one of the best syrahs that I have ever had! Instantly recognizable as a reynaud wine on the nose. Meat, garrigue, red plum, cherry, rosemary... all things great about southern rhone, but through the eyes of Syrah with more tannin and structure than a typical Grenache. This wine is at its apex! The only thing stopping it from a being a perfect wine in my eyes is that it is a bit slutty. — 7 years ago

Keith Herrick

9.7

Blinded in one whiff as 2013 juge. His wines are as easy to spot as a reynaud wine. That Syrah campfire aroma just screams and the structure is very 2013, though more enjoyable now than most other 2013 northern Rhônes. I am sad that these are already essentially unobtainable and will just become more difficult to get — 7 years ago

JKT

9.1

CVed 8/17/17. Comp with Cabot and Guigal Hermitage and Cote Rotie. Nose is definitely new world with lots of floral notes and hints of vanilla and some peppery notes. Balanced with firm body on palate and long finish with some heat. Almost sweet vs the Rhone wines. Different style. Good wine. Ranked it higher than Cabot. Again CVed 2/10/18 comp of Pax Donelan Syrah. Still yummy with nose more similar to French Reynaud. Opened 5/7/18. Not a good idea to poke twice! Nose now has sherry oxidative notes mixed with fruits. Palate however held together better though a bit of oxidation creeps in on finish. Still drinking well but not that fruit prominent style as before. Second warning on this week on careful use of CV! — 8 years ago

Alan Johnston

9.3

3.4 Lovely Bordeaux if a bit young. Nice taste but not much nose. On sale for $13.99, with Groupon was $10.39, a very good buy. — 9 years ago

Emily Rath

9.1

Animal, wild, floral, forest fruits, ripe and juicy and incredibly well balanced. 👏🏻🐾🌲🐗🍓 — 9 years ago

Greg Stepina

10

Drank with Benoit in Chateaunuf du Pape as well as at dinner in Avingion. Complex, light, fruity. An all time fave. Emmanuel Reynaud — 9 years ago

Colin Nuckolls

10

Absolutely gorgeous wine with Patrick batail in angers!! — 10 years ago

Armin Pfleiderer

9.7

Mixed herbs, fennel, wild berry, Maraschino cherry. Drinking spot-on. Bright and fresh Thank you Reynaud Chastignol! #brilliantwine #cotescatalanes — 10 years ago

Kari Pierce Ashley

10

Mom and Dad bought this 2006 wine in 2009 (for $60 euros) from the Lacoste winery Bouches du Rhone region when they came to visit me. We just opened it (2014), afraid it might have sat too long, but it hadn't. It was unbelievable. Smooth, earthy, peppery, light but full; the mineral notes transported me back. The kind if wine I will dream about until I go back someday. — 11 years ago

Michael Lusk

10

Awesome desert wine — 12 years ago

C R

9.7

Phenomenal. The vintage is starting to hit its drinking window, with a richness that has been tamed down by time. Nose is 100% Reynaud, aromatics are delicate but full scale, and finish never ends. This is intoxicatingly good. — 7 years ago

Christian Alexander Møller Bach

9.0

Big surprise. Rayas goes Pfifferling — 8 years ago

Frank Soldano

9.4

Nice dessert wine. Sauternes after a great dinner of grouper, saffron rice and summer salad, wonderful pairing. Carmel bouquet, with thick long lasting legs. Peach and rose petal notes. — 8 years ago

Matt Spurlock

9.3

This is not only the best Bordeaux I've come across in this price range of around $10, but one of the best wines at that price point from anywhere. Wonderfully balanced in every way excellent fruit and wood. It's a fantastic quaffer and plays well with food which tonight was lasagna. — 8 years ago

JKT

9.2

CV tasting Crozes Hermitage 10/6/16. Very savory and meaty nose with hints of mints and earthiness and beacon. Balanced and acidic and minerals on palate with firm structure. Long complex finish. Yum. Best nose of the 4. Opened Donna visit 11/3/16. Still savory and delicious after argon spritz for 3 days. — 9 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.1

Lovely, lean Crozes. Taut acid spine with olive and game and barely ripe blueberry. Refreshing, if not complex. — 9 years ago

Christopher McCurdy

9.8

The wine of the night! Head to head with five other high end 2005 Cabernet Sauvignons! Absolutely beautiful expression of CS. Went with everything we ate and was the clear winner in a blind tasting with Chateau Montelena, Robert Mondavi Oakville (finished second), Regusci Angelo's Vineyard, Beringer Private Reserve, and Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste. Not too often that a group can taste this many wines blind and choose a clear winner! Way to go David Ramey, again!! — 10 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.1

Fragrant with classy red dominant fruit, smoky, rich garden soil and scorched earth with black olive, sweet spice and light black pepper. Less exciting in the mouth though there is decent balance and full, firm red fruited tannin and a chalky mineral finish. — 11 years ago

Tess Bryant Casey

West Coast Sales Manager T Edwards Wines

9.7

NV Rayas Rose. — 12 years ago

Erik Sørensen

9.0

A bit young. But very nice complex palate — 7 years ago

Chris Sowick

9.0

Garagiste selection. $12.98. Surprisingly pleasant. Nice tannins. Incredible value. — 7 years ago

Samantha Potter

9.1

#RebouleduRhone — 8 years ago

Bill Bender

9.3

Classic lunch bags and just a stellar treat in a crowded sea of Napa cab. My fave 5th growth by a long shot but Pontet Canet and Grand Puy Lacoste aren't far behind. The Lynch seems to shine for me regardless of vintage. — 8 years ago

Alexis M

9.0

Spicy bite initially, but decreases as wine breathes. Good for dinner. — 9 years ago

JB RAY

9.0

Pour finir l horizontale 2012 , débouché un peu tard , tannique au début , le vin évolue avec un profil très sudiste , je m attendais a plus fin , mais bon derrière chambole et cdr de Reynaud , c est dur d être élégant — 9 years ago

A Pappini

9.1

2014 je ne suis pas un adepte du viognier, mais reconnaissons qu'il s'agit là d'un très beau vin précis, pas entêtant ! — 9 years ago

Fabien Lainé

Blogger VinDeling.com

9.3

A fine pleasure with great length and starting to be mature tannins, will be even better in a few more years - and as Emmanuel Reynaud told me "remember wine is first of all a pleasure to share with people we care about" 😊 — 10 years ago

Kevin Yen

9.4

2014/2/17 @An Fu Rd.，with Customers — 11 years ago

Matthew Peterson

Sommelier Post Ranch Inn, Wine Director Big Sur Food & Wine Festival, Sales Swirl Wine Brokers, Martine's Wines, Winewise

9.2

Mmmmm, has that eucalyptus Rayas signature, and tannins. Closer to a red than white. Awesome!! — 12 years ago

Will Stanley

9.9

The Bordeaux I've had over the last six months has, I must admit, left me sceptical as to why Bordeaux is so brilliant. With the exceptions of Chateau La Cardonne 2003 and Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste 2001, much of the Bordeaux I've had has left me disappointed. This bottle however reaffirmed to me the beauty of the region. Just an astonishingly good wine - 2005 of course being an excellent vintage - whose only let-down lay in my not opening the bottle a few years later; the wine would definitely benefit from a good five to ten years' more age, to soften the tannins and allow a longer finish. I am however being fussy. It was fantastic. — 12 years ago