2018 Rhys Alesia Pinot Noir Santa Cruz Mountains

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 91.0 points

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  1/16/2024 - rosenst1 wrote: 90 Points

  PnP. Medium dark red. Nose of dark fruits and spice. This is quite intense and young on the palate with dark fruit balanced with high acidity and tannins. Still needs time and expect will be better tomorrow.

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  12/31/2023 - yeti575rider wrote: 90 Points

  NYE (Wine 4) - Thought this would be good transition from French wines as Rhys shows shows stylistic similarities to red burgs and wouldn't shock the palate. Did the trick as this keeps that balanced profile. At wine 4 I can't particularly remember the details here but certainly worth the low 30 bucks I picked this up for.

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  11/3/2023 - Discobiscuits42 wrote: 90 Points

  Mushroom, earth, tobacco nose. Initially skewed very high acid but calmed down in the decanter to be only modestly acid forward. Still a little tight though I worry too high acidity for the fruit currently present which is fairly subtle. Nice plush texture. Has some suggestion of an elegant burgundy. Bought at auction. Could be quite nice in a few years … or way too acid heavy. Alcohol is prettty well covered but it does seep through the seams. Smoothed out on day 2 suggesting it has a few years to go.

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  9/20/2023 - VinoMomNola wrote: 91 Points

  Beautifuul expression, tannins already softening, great texture, refreshing but flavorful

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  5/19/2023 - Wine Canuck wrote: 91 Points

  This pours medium to light purple in the glass. The nose is of dark cherry, blueberry, sassafras, tree bark, cinnamon, a whiff of grapefruit peel, alpine forest, violets, and dry dusty soil. The palate enters on the deep rich fruit via dark cherry and blueberry turning to medium plus tannin and medium plus acid. There is a pleasant twang of grapefruit zest on the finish, but unfortunately a little of the alcohol pokes through too and just a touch of prune as well. All in all I found this to be an enjoyable experience but not quite at the level of my favorite bottles from the producer. The fruit is deeper pitched than I'd prefer. More Alpine than Family Farm in nature in that way but even more so than Alpine can be. I also found it interesting that our local liquor monopoly lab tested this at 14.6% alcohol, despite the actual original label indicating 13.2%.

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