Rhys Vineyards

Family Farm Vineyard, Pinot Noir, 2022

Name: Family Farm Vineyard, Pinot Noir
Brand: Rhys Vineyards
Price: 310 GBP

94/100

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all 2019 2021 2022

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2022
6x75cl
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£310.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Family Farm often has a “turned earth” quality to it, and it almost never shuts down, which makes for a very dependable cuvee, with bags of peaty complexity that provides an interesting counterpoint to the silky, sweet and charming fruit on the palate. Sun-kissed ripe strawberries and that sweet earthy note make for an utterly charming proposition that is ready to give huge enjoyment already. Given the expressive charm of the site, this cuvee sees no new wood. It may not be as ‘serious’ as the other single vineyards, but we’ve always had a soft spot for this cuvee – sometimes simple joy is all we are after.

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GUARANTEED PROVENANCE

Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

94/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

The 2022 Pinot Noir Family Farm is redolent of crushed red berry fruit, dried herbs, chalk, mint, kirsch and cedar. Floral, savory and mineral overtones dominate over fruit in mid-weight, sinewy Pinot endowed with tons of complexity and nuance. The Family Farm, from the oldest vines at Rhys, is a Pinot of subtlety and understatement more than power.

drinking window 2026 - 2037

date of review 11/2023

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.