Took to Lenox Sophia (BYOB). Excellent restaurant and one of the few higher end places in Boston where you can bring your own wine. Initial wine of evening so was pretty much a pop and pour. This would have benefited from at least a quick decant I believe so I should have asked - noticed another table did have a decanter later. Actually the more complex of the 2 wines - seems like it would have had more whole cluster but don't actually know if that's the case. Fruit a bit more subdued. Noticeably herbal with some spice notes. Would have preferred a bit more acidity to get a bit more cut but overall an interesting wine. I'll score the same as the follow-on but more for the complexity here. I enjoyed the Tawse a bit more and would choose a glass of that over this if I could have had one more glass at end of meal.
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Translucent garnet. Immediatley, the nose shows lilacs, blood organge, and savory notes. It is layered and multifaceted. The palate is just as interesting as the nose. Strawberry, white flowers, white pepper, with a touch of earth and stems. At 12.9% ABV, there is a nice energy and lift here. This is a wine with flourish and complexity. It’s one of the more interesting Rhys Pinots I’ve tried, out of many, but also our first from the Skyline vineyard.
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Wow, this is drinking beautifully right at the pop n pour. Cherry and ripe raspberry with a citrus note. There's also a light smokey thing hanging around with pine sap. Less tannins than the Rhys Pinot noir.
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July 2019 Rhys Visit--Taste The 2017s and some new stuff (Rhys Estate (At The Winery)): Tasted at the winery. 12.9% ABV, 100% whole cluster, 25% new wood. Gorgeous aromas of spice, lifting out of the glass much like the 2017 Porkie did for me, too. Plush, juicy, yet with density with a lot of lovely red/blue under all the density. Some herb comes into the finish, along with the same cherry, added by red apple and even a little meaty/savory thing. This has structure, length, density and really everything Skyline can be.
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3/17/2024 - yeti575rider wrote: 92 Points
Took to Lenox Sophia (BYOB). Excellent restaurant and one of the few higher end places in Boston where you can bring your own wine. Initial wine of evening so was pretty much a pop and pour. This would have benefited from at least a quick decant I believe so I should have asked - noticed another table did have a decanter later. Actually the more complex of the 2 wines - seems like it would have had more whole cluster but don't actually know if that's the case. Fruit a bit more subdued. Noticeably herbal with some spice notes. Would have preferred a bit more acidity to get a bit more cut but overall an interesting wine. I'll score the same as the follow-on but more for the complexity here. I enjoyed the Tawse a bit more and would choose a glass of that over this if I could have had one more glass at end of meal.
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10/16/2022 - Mike Dildine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Really nice. Entering a long and delightful drinking window.
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5/5/2021 - WineGold wrote: 95 Points
Translucent garnet. Immediatley, the nose shows lilacs, blood organge, and savory notes. It is layered and multifaceted. The palate is just as interesting as the nose. Strawberry, white flowers, white pepper, with a touch of earth and stems. At 12.9% ABV, there is a nice energy and lift here. This is a wine with flourish and complexity. It’s one of the more interesting Rhys Pinots I’ve tried, out of many, but also our first from the Skyline vineyard.
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7/26/2019 - brigcampbell wrote:
Wow, this is drinking beautifully right at the pop n pour. Cherry and ripe raspberry with a citrus note. There's also a light smokey thing hanging around with pine sap. Less tannins than the Rhys Pinot noir.
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7/26/2019 - Frank Murray III wrote:
July 2019 Rhys Visit--Taste The 2017s and some new stuff (Rhys Estate (At The Winery)): Tasted at the winery. 12.9% ABV, 100% whole cluster, 25% new wood. Gorgeous aromas of spice, lifting out of the glass much like the 2017 Porkie did for me, too. Plush, juicy, yet with density with a lot of lovely red/blue under all the density. Some herb comes into the finish, along with the same cherry, added by red apple and even a little meaty/savory thing. This has structure, length, density and really everything Skyline can be.
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