2005 Rhys Alesia Pinot Noir Falstaff Road Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (77) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  2/11/2022 - kris.h wrote: 87 Points

  Color showing a bit of age. Some dusty quality to the nose. A little fruit. A little stemmy. Firm tannins and acidity. Not much fruit. Drink now.

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  12/16/2018 - Shrages wrote: 93 Points

  Pinot heaven. Rich, warm, silky, and complex. Just reaching peak but will be a beauty for at least 5 more years. Just a touch of Brett, but in a good “this came from a very French, antique cellar” kind of way. This is my idea of what great Burgundy would taste like (if I had ever had a Burgundy I actually thought was great). This placed first by a long shot at a blind tasting by some serious wine folk of 10 2005 pinots from US and France (at a biweekly event I call the “geek wine tasting” in Palo Alto CA).

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  12/21/2015 - WetRock wrote:

  This was tough to evaluate. I think it had a low brett note that lingered around the finish in a less than pleasant way. Usually a wee bit of brett can add some interest but this didn't give it complexity but rather was distracting. The wine is maturing but is nowhere near falling down. But it wasn't all that interesting either. This seems to be more of an interesting footnote at this point than an interesting wine. Not bad but not really interesting either. Drank consistent over two nights FWIW.

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  5/2/2014 - fredb Likes this wine:

  Medium-dark red color. Aromas of sweet cherry, rhubarb, vanilla, and cola. Palate has cherry cola, strawberry-rhubarb pie, vanilla, and cinnamon notes that carry into a medium finish that is cola-dominated. Drinking really well right now for my tastes.

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  11/30/2013 - Neurowine1 wrote:

  Hard for me to judge this. Even up in Sonoma I had a hard time understanding and appreciating this in the context of what Pinot ought to taste like in my mind. Seems rather typical of what I imagine California pinots taste like: over the top, extracted, ripe. There is plenty of black cherry, pepper, tomato jam, and a weird sort of Dr. Pepper thing. Again, a bit hard to judge.

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