Chateau Rayas Pignan Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2005
Chateau Rayas Pignan Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2005
In Bond, excludes duty and VAT · 1x75cl
In bond price shown. Duty and VAT quoted on enquiry · 1x75cl
3 bottles available
From one of our suppliers. Usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed.
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One bottle of Chateau Rayas Pignan Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2005, offered In Bond from one of our suppliers, usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed. Price per bottle, In Bond UK.
Duty and VAT are payable only if you later withdraw the wine from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.
Price per bottle £662.00 In Bond, excludes duty and VATIn bond price. Duty and VAT quoted on enquiry
3 available, 1x75cl
Offered in bond. Duty and VAT are not included and become payable only if the wine is withdrawn from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.
UK duty is charged on a wine's alcohol strength (ABV). Until we have confirmed the ABV of this wine we cannot take a duty-paid order, so a duty-paid basket is sent to us as an enquiry. We reply with a delivered price including duty and VAT.
This wine comes from one of our suppliers and is usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed.
Offered subject to availability. We confirm every wine with the supplier before your order is finalised, and contact you the same working day if anything has changed.
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- Format
- 1x75cl
- Vintage
- 2005
- Producer
- Chateau Rayas
- Origin
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France
- Type
- Red
- Duty status
- In Bond
- Availability
- From our supplier, 6 to 8 weeks
What the critics say
95 VMVinous, Nicolas Greinacher, 22-12-2025
The 2005 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réservé Pignan unfolds slowly in the glass, its aromatics emerging in gentle waves as molten stems and dried herbs mingle with hints of licorice, kirsch and a subtle savory undercurrent. It is full-bodied and broad on the palate, but carries its richness with a sense of measured restraint. This is a profound Pignan that promises at least another decade of deeply satisfying drinking. With classic finesse and dried forest strawberry on the long, expansive finish, the 2005 outperforms the 2003 I tasted a couple of months prior.
Drink 2025 to 2035
91 WAWine Advocate, Robert Parker, 31-10-2007
There are about 500 cases of the 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape Pignan, a gloriously decadent, hedonistic style of Chateauneuf du Pape with oodles of kirsch liqueur intermixed with licorice, lavender, spice box, and earth. Full-bodied and fleshy, this medium ruby-colored wine is a gorgeous expression of Grenache that is surprisingly supple for the vintage and very long. It should drink beautifully for 12-15 years. This great estate has been going through a transitional period, with some replanting in their vineyards, and of course the enormous challenge of replacing the legendary proprietor and winemaker, the late Jacques Reynaud, who passed away in the winter of 1997. Replaced by his nephew Emmanuel Reynaud, who had worked closely with his uncle, the early vintages, as I reported on in this publication, were good but hardly exciting. Reason to be concerned about the direction in which the estate was going was a legitimate worry. The 1998, 1999, and 2000 vintages were vintages where Rayas was well behind the pack of top producers in Chateauneuf du Pape. However, with that said, the tasting I did with Emmanuel Reynaud in late August was the best tasting I have done with him in a decade, and while it may be premature to say that Rayas is back to the greatness of Jacques Reynaud, Emmanuel has made some fabulous wines that are going to be released over the next several years.
Drink 2007 to 2022
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