This is drinking well, fully ready to go on the palate, leaning a little lower in acidity than some vintages but still fresh. Nice round fruit on the palate, velvety texture, and nice finish with berry fruit and soil.
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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
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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.
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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 )
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(Rhys Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard) Group's #1, my #1, 37 pts - medium dark ruby color; appealing, tart cherry, tart black cherry, violets, vanilla nose; tasty, complex, poised, tart cherry, tart raspberry, mineral, nutmeg palate with a gunpowder note; needs 2-3 years; medium-plus finish
(Rhys Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard) Barrel sample - very dark purple red violet color; big raspberry, baked raspberry, sweet black fruit, plum nose with a touch of green herb; tight, creamy textured, greenish, gunpowder, ripe plum palate; medium-plus finish 92-94 pts. (100% whole cluster; 13.1% alcohol)
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5/11/2024 - jlm wrote:
This is drinking well, fully ready to go on the palate, leaning a little lower in acidity than some vintages but still fresh. Nice round fruit on the palate, velvety texture, and nice finish with berry fruit and soil.
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12/16/2023 - pjhr Likes this wine: 94 Points
Delicious black berry, minerals, and forest floor notes on the open nose and savory palate with refreshing acidity on the long finish. From Magnum.
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12/10/2023 - mclanew wrote: 90 Points
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
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9/3/2023 - jlm wrote:
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.
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9/2/2023 - dbkitc wrote: 72 Points
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 )
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