2004 Rhys Pinot Noir Family Farm Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (79) Avg Score: 89.6 points

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  2/23/2024 - thomaskeil wrote: 92 Points

  Short note. Less overtly fruity at this stage. Greenish/herby secondary aromas and flavors nicely adding much complexity to this wine. Light gritty tannins and good acid mid and late palate. Sadly my last. This has a future.

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  3/2/2020 - llink wrote: 90 Points

  Aging nicely. Some Brett on the nose, but minimal and balanced by some red cherry fruit and spice. Ripe palate but not over the top. My earliest Rhys, seems more raw than later vintages.

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  11/9/2019 - WetRock wrote:

  Bretty nose. Tart palate that is also brett laden. It's not compleely overridden but the tartness seems to come from a wine that saw some infection. An interesting wine almost wanted to peek out but it seemed to far gone for me to really examine it much longer.

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  6/9/2019 - millerarner wrote: 89 Points

  If I’d read my own note on this from last year, I wouldn’t have opened another one yet. More unbalanced than before. Still showing young as far as color and fruit character, so there’s no rush in that regard, but presently it’s too awkward. Also quite reduced as others have mentioned, apparently to the point that in-bottle development is stunted. The body & nose make it seem more like an old world Mourvèdre than what it is. Served blind, even an experienced taster might be unlikely to identify this as a Pinot in its current state, and if I was scoring this strictly on varietal typicity I’d knock off a few more points. Long exposure to air did help, so hopefully time will resolve some of the issues.

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  11/23/2018 - millerarner wrote: 91 Points

  Surprised at how floral the nose was. Not as much on the palate, although something translated as “sweet”. Interesting composition that doesn’t readily reveal itself as a Pinot, and considering how old it is, shows on the youthful side. Slightly out of balance, so maybe it all comes together in a few more years.

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