Community Tasting Notes 25

• jwebtx wrote:

  February 8, 2024 - Not offering much if any fruit on a pop and pour. Dominated by the stems on the nose and palate. I'm enjoying the nose much more than the palate. The weakest experience i've had with Rhys.

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• ahlswedej Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 19, 2023 - Wonderful upon opening. 3 hours later fruit had faded Drink up

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• Nutty08 Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 29, 2022 - Seems mature. A call ok red fruited element to the fruit with some black fruit in the background. Stem addition adds a spicy quality to the palate which is otherwise quite smooth and polished. Finish is a bit simple with the stems adding some bitterness/austerity on the back end.
  Can’t say I like where this is on day 3 as it’s very green and herbaceous on the nose and palate. Will drop a point to 91

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• grafstrb wrote: 90 points

  June 2, 2022 - -- decanted about 45 min. before initial taste --
  -- tasted non-blind over a couple hours --
  
  NOSE: high-toned; warm, baked red berries; light oak
  
  BODY: light signs of seepage beneath capsule; super soft/squishy cork, but not soaked --- I actually cut the cork in half, half-expecting to find a hollow in there, but none was discovered. Coarse-grained sediment present; burgundy color with light bricking throughout; color is of medium-deep depth; medium-light to medium bodied.
  
  TASTE: high acidity; light, embedded, funky note; warm, slightly-baked red fruits – a bit earthy – not crystalline/pure; earthy strawberry; medium concentration of fruit; blind, doubt I would guess this to be from a cool vintage. My score may be a touch conservative.
  
  50, 5, 12, 16, 7 = 90

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• bobdobilina wrote: 91 points

  December 27, 2021 - Barn red color.
  
  Quite a stemmy nose? a little bit green. Black cherries, bacon fat.
  
  Stern and strong on the palate. Tart black cherries with a touch of spice. Some fine tannins. Perhaps the most backwards of these wines, but a little difficult to tell were it goes. 91+

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Rhys
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Alpine Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
• Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains

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• Pending Delivery 2 (1%)
• In Cellars 206 (53%)
• Consumed 182 (47%)

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