March 4, 2024 - PnP, needed a decant as it started out very tight. Enjoyed over the next 3 hours and just kept getting better. Aromas of floral, cherry, black raspberry, herbs and spice. This leads to a medium body with cherry, black raspberry, floral, herbs, spice and a touch of stems. good acidity. Still has some tannin in the finish to resolve. Good now, but still not at it's peak. A much better food wine than sipping wine.
February 7, 2024 - Popped and poured. Attractive high toned floral nose. On the palate, medium bodied, transparent, red cherry, strawberry, herbs and spice. Deep, vigorous flavours and length. In fact appears to be just coming out of shell but could use a few more years. Impressive stuff that should continue to develop.
January 16, 2024 - PnP, needed a decant as it started out very tight. Enjoyed over the next 4 hours and just kept getting better. opens with beautiful aromatics with floral, cherry, black raspberry, herbs and spice. This leads to a medium body with cherry, black raspberry, floral, herbs, spice and a touch of stems. Still has some tannin in the finish to resolve. Good now, but still not at it's peak. Hoping the fruit lasts until the wine really shines. A few bottles left.
October 16, 2023 - Very nice cali Pinot. Cherries. Spices. Definitely some Vosne character with pretty good acidity. Pnp gained some depth the first evening. Better day 1 than 2 or 3
October 3, 2023 - This wine is dark burgundy in the glass with dark red and blue fruit on the nose, as well as bramble, oak, and a barn note.
On the palate we found a rich experience of stewed cranberries, tart dark cherry, forest floor, herbs (basil maybe?), and oak. There's a mild acidity supporting the flavors with mild tannins on the finish.
Delicious overall but maybe lacking a bit in complexity.
May 26, 2023 - Was quite closed - not showing much. Aroma on opening reminded me of a burgundy. Nice fruit core, noticeable tannin.ç
May 13, 2023 - Stemmy and fresh, with a distict stalky celery note on the nose that was much more pleasing than expected. Black cherry fruit and some light apice notes on the palate. Just a hint of refreshing bitterness on the finish. Solid Rhys offerering but the whole cluster influence still stands apart and needs time.
May 13, 2023 - Darn, opened sooner than we had planned after the prior, just four months ago. It was just as lovely, again with saline aspects and hints of pine. Highly enjoyable over three nights.
February 13, 2023 - Very attractive translucent garnet color. A funky aroma that does not diminish at all with air exposure. However, this is a quite agreeable PN that opens with nice tart red cherry on the tongue. While the acid tartness makes this wine easy to drink, the wine seems quite lean to me. I do not get seconday flavors, such as baking spices. that I often get with PN.
January 24, 2023 - The two textual notes below describe it quite well. To that we will add, we picked up a very pleasant saline/ forest pine /ocean breeze characteristic. Quite elegant, with lovely acid backbone. Extremely enjoyable over three nights — and we will try to hold the remaining bottle for a few years.