6 bottles per lot
Details
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Château Rayas--Vintage 1989
Rhône. Reynaud
One scuffed capsule. One damaged vintage neck label. Slightly bin-soiled labels. Levels: four 1.5cms, one 2cms, one 3cms below base of corks
Tasting note: A wine that continues to catch up to the 1990 (and probably has greater longevity) is the 1989. A dense-coloured Rayas, but not as thick-looking as the 1990, this dark ruby-coloured wine exhibits plenty of roasted herb notes intermixed with scents of tobacco, sweet crème de cassis, and kirsch. Full-bodied, highly-extracted, powerful, and tannic (resembling 1995 more than 1990), it is shedding its cloak of tannin and beginning to approach full maturity. erobertparker.com
6 bottles per lot
Rhône. Reynaud
One scuffed capsule. One damaged vintage neck label. Slightly bin-soiled labels. Levels: four 1.5cms, one 2cms, one 3cms below base of corks
Tasting note: A wine that continues to catch up to the 1990 (and probably has greater longevity) is the 1989. A dense-coloured Rayas, but not as thick-looking as the 1990, this dark ruby-coloured wine exhibits plenty of roasted herb notes intermixed with scents of tobacco, sweet crème de cassis, and kirsch. Full-bodied, highly-extracted, powerful, and tannic (resembling 1995 more than 1990), it is shedding its cloak of tannin and beginning to approach full maturity. erobertparker.com
6 bottles per lot
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