Mt Pajaro Vineyard, Pinot Noir
Rhys Vineyards

Mt Pajaro Vineyard, Pinot Noir, 2020


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2020

75cl

DP

£100.40


2020

6x75cl

DP

£602.42


2020

6x75cl

DP

£602.42



Rhys Vineyards, Mt Pajaro Vineyard, Pinot Noir, 2020

2020

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Rhys Vineyards, Mt Pajaro Vineyard, Pinot Noir, 2020

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.

ABV:
13.5%

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country:
USA

region:
California



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


Rhys Vineyards

Rhys Vineyards

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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