2012 Rhys Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard
Community Tasting Note
Jnp2 wrote:
flawed
Sunday, July 12, 2020 - I almost always love Rhys Vineyards Chardonnays. I drink a lot of them. Rhys and Alesia labels. Unfortunately, the 2012 Horse Shoe Vineyards is not showing very well right now. I have opened 2 or 3 bottles over the past 3 months and they are all the same. Missing the crispness and interesting nose. Certainly drinkable, but not what I am used to from Rhys or Horse Shoe vineyard in particular. I have a lot more of bottles and hoping that it is just the time. Or maybe this particular shipment got cooked during transit. Now that I smell it again, I think this bottle may be corked. But in that case, maybe the other bottles from this lot were also corked which is a coincidence.
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Comment posted by Deux Chevaux:
7/13/2020 2:20:00 PM - So, wondering, these all came to you from the same shipment? And directly from Rhys? We’ve opened three so far, and all have been stellar.
Comment posted by Jnp2:
7/13/2020 2:31:00 PM - Yes, all from a recent library release ... I have more from the original release as well. This makes me think I should pull from the original release shipment and try one of those. I buy tons of Rhys and have rarely had a bottle that wasn’t great
Comment posted by Deux Chevaux:
7/16/2020 5:21:00 PM - Yes, let’s approach this scientifically! We too had some from my original purchase, and then from the recent library release. Fortunately, we have not found the problems that you’ve noted. But it would be interesting to see whether the problems you are noting all came from the same shipment.