2020
75cl
DP
£100.40
vintage
portfolio
2020
75cl
DP
£100.40
2020
6x75cl
DP
£602.42
2020
6x75cl
DP
£602.42
This picks up the mineral line of the Chardonnay, a seam of crisp shale-like stoniness. On the nose aromas of the forest, bay and black tea garland darker fruit and wild flowers. There’s more energy, acidity and freshness than the appellation bottling, while the flavours are more complex and the fine tailored finish returns. Dark berry fruit, a touch of black raspberry, wild cherry, rosehip. Typically supple Rhys tannins support, touches of sweet polished earth, and a fine salty note on the finish. V good.
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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