Chateau Rayas

Chateau Rayas is a winery based in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, in the southern Rhône Valley of France, producing some of the appellation's most singular red and white wines from unusually sand-dominant soils. The estate's red Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve, available here in vintages spanning 2007 through 2011, is produced almost entirely from old-vine Grenache - a rare choice for a cellar that ages its wines in older barrels to preserve fruit rather than add oak character. The white Reserve, represented by the 2006 and 2000 vintages, is sourced primarily from Clairette and Grenache Blanc. The Chateau de Fonsalette Cotes du Rhone Reserve and Chateau des Tours Cotes du Rhone Grande Reserve sit below the flagship Châteauneuf bottlings in the estate's hierarchy, drawing from Rhône-permitted varieties across neighboring appellations.