Rhys Vineyards

Mt Pajaro Vineyard, Chardonnay, 2022

Name: Mt Pajaro Vineyard, Chardonnay
Brand: Rhys Vineyards
Price: 375 GBP

94/100

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2022
6x75cl
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£375.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Candidate for most improved newcomer, perhaps by dint of ancient the Pajaro Shale that allows for deep root penetration, and correspondingly earlier vine maturity, Mt. Pajaro smells of this shale and of crushed stones and it pulses with a sort of vinous electricity. Pure ripe fresh citrus fruit shot through with beams of acid and tense minerality, this is both delicate and steely. If you were going to ape Puligny up here in the mountains, this is where you’d look to do it.

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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 Chenin Blanc Mt. Pajaro Vineyard is fascinating to taste next to the Horseshoe Chenin, as it displays a much more mineral-driven profile. Airy and weightless in the glass, with terrific precision, the Mt. Pajaro Chenin is decidedly nuanced. Citrus, mineral and floral notes abound. The textural weight of Chenin makes itself felt on the resonant mid-palate and finish. The interplay of varietal character and site expression is nothing short of compelling.

drinking window 2024 - 2030

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.