December 16, 2023 - Delicious black berry, minerals, and forest floor notes on the open nose and savory palate with refreshing acidity on the long finish. From Magnum.
December 10, 2023 - Not quite sure what to make of this. Quite austere and stemmy. Not really giving even after an hour of air. Starting to lose energy as well. Similiar to other notes this hasn’t aged as well as one would expect
September 3, 2023 - I decided to open this after seeing dbkitc's worrisome note yesterday, and I'm happy to report an entirety different and better experience. On initial opening and for about the first hour, the aromas were red-fruited and sweet -- raspberry and strawberry -- but a little simple. After some air, however, the nose developed a much more intriguing profile, with chalky earth underpinned by blackberry. The palate is fleshy and round with some oak gloss to the texture. It's low in acidity by Rhys standards, and the tannins are fully resolved. A lengthy finish carries this through nicely. This seems to be in its prime drinking window now and was a pleasure.
September 2, 2023 - Boy, this wine is a huge disappointment. I loved bottles tasted years ago on release - but I think I blew it - based on this bottle it has not aged well at all. This wine is soapy, green mean and devoid of anything pleasant. I don’t see any flaws. It’s just totally fallen apart. What happened ? No idea but avoid. (72 - onlly because there are no obvious flaws. 50 from a pleasure standpoint )
August 29, 2023 - Old world style
April 14, 2023 - Prime time for this. Wonderful acidity that keeps all that fruit in check. There’s some earthiness, mushroom, licorice, and wet slate.
Rhys once again proving that their wines reward time in bottle.
March 20, 2023 - Wow. This is still going strong. Opened well over a few hours. Better still on night two. It's rich and flavorful - lots of spice, earth and mineral. I have had Rhys syrah and Rhys chardonnay, but this is my first pinot experience. I have to say, I get it now! Drink up, if you like, but no rush on this one.
June 8, 2022 - Another delicious bottle still drinking beautifully with similar tasting note to previous bottles! Delicious black berry, minerals, and forest floor notes on the open nose and savory palate with refreshing acidity on the long finish.
June 2, 2022 - Tasted over 2 hrs
-saturated med dark red
-exuberant sweet stem spice violets rhubarb faint maturity
-med/med- acidity, med/med- weight a bit diffuse with some faded though still quite sweet red fruit and notes of eucalyptus licorice and tar, med- tannins and a bit of sweet oak on the long finish
-nice marriage of ripe yet mature new world pinot fruit and stems and well-integrated oak, overall works pretty well but the palate is not nearly as pretty balanced or complex as the aromatics; similar to a bottle 4 years ago but with less fruit
December 3, 2021 - Dark ruby color, with a hint of magenta at the rim still. Effusive nose of sweet fruit notes: black raspberry, cherry, with some rhubarb emerging. This was very attractive, if not particularly complex or showing interesting savory elements. The palate is medium-full bodied, fresh but a little on the low side for acidity, and has some nice bottle sweetness at this stage. The finish is not especially long. I found this very nice but not great, not as complex and delineated as a recent '07 Alpine PN.