2011 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
France
Châteauneuf Du Pape
Southern Rhône
Red
Rhone Blend
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Production at Rayas was off by a full third in 2012, according to Emmanuel Reynaud, "but what fruit we got was excellent--clean and ripe, with excellent acidity and tannins." Reynaud compares '12 favorably with 2010 "for depth of flavor" but thinks that the earlier vintage is a safer bet for long-term cellaring thanks to its "greater structure and more solid tannins." Two thousand eleven is a vintage with a lot of charm but some of its power has yet to emerge, he added. The low yields ensured good depth and, if a grower was willing not to rush into harvest, "very good ripeness of the fruit was possible, with acidity that was still fresh and with easy tannins."
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Emmanuel Reynaud calls the 2010 vintage here "atypique" because of its brawny, structured character.Rayas normally ages on its balance, Reynaud believes, but in 2010, as in 2005, "the wine has additional structure to go with it."2011 is a much more "classical Rayas" vintage, he thinks, and while green-harvesting was mandatory, the age of most of the vines here always provides a self-regulation of yield, he said.It would be a mistake to look at 2011 in the same light as 2008 or even 2006 and 2004, he told me, because the alcohol levels are higher and there is more glycerine to the wines, "which gives them more of an impression of richness and weight than the '08, '06 or '04."
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