{"product_id":"2010-chateau-rayas-reserve-chateauneuf-du-pape-southern-rhone-france","title":"2010 Chateau Rayas, Reserve, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhone, France","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Rayas is the most storied name in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and the reason collectors speak of grenache in the same breath as pinot noir. The estate sits at the end of an unmarked dirt track outside Courthézon, in the northeastern corner of the appellation, where Albert Reynaud, a notary from Avignon, bought the property in 1880. His son Louis began bottling under the Rayas name in the 1920s, his grandson Jacques ran the estate from 1978 until his death in 1997, and Jacques's nephew Emmanuel Reynaud made the wines from 1997 until his death in November 2025, when his sons took over. The site is one of the strangest in the appellation, and part of why the wines are so often called legendary: the roughly 13 hectares of vines lie on cool, north-facing slopes of pale sand rather than sun-baked galets, ringed by pine and oak forest that shelters them from the mistral, so the fruit ripens slowly and Rayas is routinely among the last estates in the village to harvest. The Réserve is grenache alone, drawn from the three parcels of Le Couchant, Le Levant, and Le Coeur, fermented whole cluster, aged in old foudres and demi-muids that add no flavor of their own, and bottled without fining or filtration after roughly two years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2010 was a cool, dry year with a cold winter, a late and uneven flowering that cut yields, and a long, sunny autumn with cold nights that preserved acidity. The tiny crop came in with unusual concentration and freshness together, and the vintage is now widely regarded as one of the finest ever produced at the estate. The Wine Advocate awarded it 97 points and Vinous 96.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeeply colored for Rayas, the 2010 offers a kaleidoscope of raspberry, dark cherry, and licorice, with violet, wild thyme, and rosemary lifting the fruit. The palate is full-bodied and multilayered, with silky tannins and a mineral line that keeps it light on its feet despite its power, finishing over two minutes with damask rose and white pepper. Just entering its prime, with a window through 2040.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yes Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52371607191848,"sku":"AT10RAYAS750","price":1900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/1794\/6152\/files\/2010ChateauRayas_Reserve_Chateauneuf-du-Pape.jpg?v=1789501256","url":"https:\/\/yes-society.com\/products\/2010-chateau-rayas-reserve-chateauneuf-du-pape-southern-rhone-france","provider":"Yes Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}