A 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 of Rhne that has shed its baby fat and shows the wild herbs, smoke, and earth that make Reynaud wines so addictive.