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Friday, May 15, 2015 - Note: Tasted from a 375 ml bottle. This Wine was open and decanted 2-3 hours prior to drinking.

Color: Medium Dark Cherry and clear.

Nose: Somewhat Restrained except for some floral fruit tones.

Taste: Round red fruit with tension and a silky finish. Stylistically very new world California but this has a certain elegance relative to the 2012 Bearwallow I had last month. Obviously very young and primary but this wine does not strike me as a long distance runner rather a wine for mid term cellaring. Nice finish on the tail end with good complexity and moderate acidity. Using a Burgundy comparison, this wine tastes more of young vines rather that old vines as the intense sap of a "VV" is not present. I like the balance and flavors of this Rhys but it is softer and more approachable than I thought it would be. The red fruit profile is sweet and forward making this pleasurable to drink now but I will likely hold off on trying another bottle until 2016 to give it more time to calm down. Perhaps it will add more weight with bottle age. A very good Pinot Noir that will likely improve with time.

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