How many RAYAS ....

WINE TALK
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15 bottles from 98-05

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Four bottles. Sadly not so much Pignan either. I have a lot of Ch. des Tours.

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2- '89 Rayas
8 - '05 Rayas
10 - '07 Rayas

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2

Wish I had 200.

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About 8. Split between Fonsallete and Rayas. Will selectively buy Pignan in vintages where the qpr is great, but those get imbibed quickly.

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5 but I have access to a well-stocked cellar so I don’t mind!

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  1. Just had an '89 Pignan Saturday night (not from my cellar) that was singing.
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Not enough. Just 14 bottles of Rayas. 1995, 1998, 2003 and 2004.

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14 Rayas
12 Pignan
17 Fonsalette red
2 Fonsalette white
5 Fonsalette Syrah
11 Pialade
All 98-08, except for Pialade (07-11).

I only buy my “triplet” at the domaine each year nowadays, plus whatever Emmanuel Reynaud wants to sell me to have a full (6b) case (shipping from domaine is pretty expensive). I’ve stopped buying at wine shops given current prices.

Alain

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1 Pignan. 1994.

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On the Kiwi Rayas fan front; a tie with Brodie. I have two bottles of the 2001 Rayas Reserve.

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What is Rayas?

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Two. CDP Reserve 2003 and 2005. Feel fortunate to have stumbled on both of them.

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Hi Mark, maybe we need to think about arrangine a NZ Rayas tasting to share our meagre collection. Mine are 2005

Brodie

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Brodie I have an 01 and 04

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Hi Sanjay, well that is definitely something to think and chat about!

Brodie

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Between the three of us Brodie and Sanjay, we have three pretty good years there. Are you doing a vintage in Marlborough in 2017 Sanjay? Perhaps a mini offline?

Cheers…Mark

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And not forgetting Rauno with the '00 so we have four vintages covered: '00, '01, '04 & '05. Perhaps one or other of the Wellington boys might have a vintage or two?

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I had 10 but drank my 2005 Fonsalette CdR last year. Now I have 9 - 2 Fonsalette Syrah, 1 Pignan, and 6 Rayas.

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I have never had a mediocre bottle of Rayas Reserve, consistently exceptional year in and year out. Pignan is also solid but not as polished.