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Manage Subscriptions2009 Rhys Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard
Chardonnay
- USA
- California
- Santa Cruz Mountains
Community Tasting Notes 112
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jjct Likes this wine:
October 19, 2023 - Ripe and powerful, but bracing acidity makes this very drinkable. Showing some nice mature notes.
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theRealPepe Likes this wine: 94 points
December 25, 2021 - I found this to be a very loud and very expressive Chardonnay. In your face tropical and citrus fruit with noticable yet integrated vanilla oak. Loud yet impressive, as the scores indicate. It held its own with a very loud game hens and morels in Madeira cream sauce dish. Outstanding.
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glou.sf Likes this wine: 94 points
October 5, 2021 - The nose was quite reduced and intense with notes of lemon, saline flavors, and tart white fruit. Nice acidity with notes of citrus, tart peach, and minerals on the palate. Good length and lovely complexity, this is really lovely!
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dougsmith Likes this wine: 90 points
June 17, 2021 - Light lemon color. Nose of pineapple and lemon curd, full bodied on the palate with good presence through the middle and a touch of astringency on the finish.
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rc@ughey wrote: 88 points
August 30, 2020 - Tasty for sure, but big and tropical. This has always been fairly big and tropical, but it's also quite intense and decently complex. At peak, perhaps slightly on the downslope.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2014, Issue #49, Another Round of Recently Tasted Old School and Neo-Classical American Wines(Rhys Vineyards “Horseshoe Vineyard” Chardonnay (Santa Cruz)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Exploring California's Central Coast (Aug 2011) (link)(Rhys Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard Santa Cruz Mountains) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
May/Jun 2011, Issue #33, Recently Tasted California Wines The Search for Traditionalists Turns Up A Crowd(Rhys Vineyards “Horseshoe Vineyard” Chardonnay) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Josh Raynolds
May/June 2011, IWC Issue #156 (link)(Rhys Vineyards Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard Santa Cruz Mountains) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
2/2/2014 (link) 93 points(Rhys Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard) Light medium yellow color; appealing, hazelnut, almond, reduction, white truffle nose; tasty, rich, medium-plus bodied, hazelnut, ripe lemon, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 93+ points
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By Richard Jennings
1/28/2011 (link) 94 points(Rhys Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard) Pre-release (bottled 5 weeks prior) - light medium golden yellow color, a touch darker than the Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay; lovely lemon, floral, mineral, green herb nose; tasty, stunning, tart lemon, minerally, elegant, quince palate with body and depth but somehow weightless; long finish 94+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type White
- Producer Rhys
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Horseshoe Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
- Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains
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- Pending Delivery 10 (1%)
- In Cellars 221 (26%)
- Consumed 628 (73%)
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- RegionCalifornia
- AppellationSanta Cruz Mountains
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