Chateau de Fonsalette (Rayas) Cotes du Rhone Reserve 1998 Esthers in the Petite Montagne de

in the Petite Montagne de Reims

A wine built for weeknight dinners

a delightfully spooky limited edition

All about minerals

Dry-farming Chardonnay at 1

Chateau de Fonsalette (Rayas) Cotes du Rhone Reserve 1998 Esthers in the Petite Montagne deA cult bottle from the Reynaud family the same hands behind the legendary Chateau Rayas. Chateau de Fonsalette is their Ctes du Rhne property, and the Cuve Rserve is the top wine: Grenache dominant (50% Grenache, 35% Cinsault, 15% Syrah), made with the same obsessive low yield, old vine approach that defines Rayas. Often called 'baby Rayas,' though that undersells how singular it is. At 27 years old, the 1998 is fully mature a quiet, profound bottle