2019
37.5cl
DP
£56.70
vintage
portfolio
2019
37.5cl
DP
£56.70
2019
12x37.5cl
DP
£680.42
En primeur
2019
6x37.5cl
EP
£515.00
2019
12x50cl
EP
£665.00
Smoke and crushed oyster shells, lemon balm, thyme. On the palate a calm entry that gains in energy and raciness as it crosses the palate. Textured and silky and with a touch more flesh and concentration than the 2018 alongside lovely momentum and concentration. Salty mineral and direct, this enters lithe and then fans out as it gains momentum. A slenderer attack than Horseshoe but plenty of finish – class but quietly delivered. Alpine’s soils are formed primarily of Purisma, a soft chalky shale that is around 8 million years younger than the soils found in Horseshoe, despite being a mere 300 metres away. The resulting wines often have a note of sea spray about them..
Kevin Harvey’s Rhys Vineyards has built up a near cult like following in just a decade of releases. His bottlings of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah from both the Santa Cruz Mountains and now also the Anderson Valley in Mendocino are rightly seen as amongst the very top echelon of wines produced anywhere in the United States.
Everything about these wines speaks of attention to detail and a deep commitment to making great wine. From purchasing uncoopered staves of the finest French oak a full four years prior to cooperage, to the vast underground purpose built winemaking cellar, no detail is left to chance. In the often steep vineyards, vine density is extremely high and as a result farming is entirely manual and very labour intensive. In the winery, vinification is carried out at a micro-level in tiny 4ft square vats: fermentations are native and everything is gravity-fed without pumping, fining or filtration. In essence, the wines are given kid gloves treatment, and then aged in almost neutral French barrels, so better to promote the site specific characters of the vineyards in the portfolio.
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