2014 Rhys "Alpine Vineyard" Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir
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Vinous
Reviewed June 2016The 2014 Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard bristles with energy. Rose petal, mint, white pepper and blood orange give the Alpine its super-appealing aromatic upper register, but there is plenty of depth lurking beneath. Here the flavors are bright and nicely focused, while the richness of the vintage is mostly felt in the dense, potent finish. (AG)
Professional Reviews
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John Gilman
The 2014 Alpine Vineyard Pinot Noir from Rhys is another outstanding young bottle of Pinot, with its whole clusters showing a bit today, but all of the constituent components in place for greatness down the road. The wine offers up a deep and nascently complex nose of dark berries, espresso, woodsmoke, a superb base of dark soil tones, a touch of stems (which are already starting to show some cinnamon shadings), chicory and a touch of cedary wood. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and strikingly mineral, with a fine core, impeccable focus and balance, suave tannins and a very, very long, tangy and promising finish. This is going to be a great wine (I particularly like how vibrant it is on the backend), but it will demand a bit of patience to allow it to blossom completely with proper bottle age. (JG) 94+
94
Wine Advocate
Another complete, broad and layered red that delivers on all accounts, the 2014 Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard reveals a healthy ruby color as well as a darker core of red and black raspberry fruits, peppery spice and forest floor in its medium to full-bodied, balanced personality. (JD)
91
Burghound
This is aromatically quite similar to the Alpine Hillside if perhaps just a touch riper. There is excellent intensity to the big-bodied, dense and powerful flavors that coat the palate with dry extract before terminating in an overtly structured and robust finish. This is a big and very serious wine that is very clearly built-to-age and one that is going to need every bit of a decade, indeed perhaps even longer, to fully resolve the prominent tannic spine. In fact, I would go so far as to suggest that if you're not prepared to age this at least 5-ish years that it would be better to trying one of the other wines in the range. *Outstanding*
Staff Reviews
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Kate Soto
Kate Soto
A beautiful, elegant wine. The nose is savory and perfumed with notes of olives and jasmine tea and violets. On the palate there is a graceful, seamless texture with an enormous sense of poise and balance. The finish is epic. In short, it's a wine that is drinking really well right now with everything falling into place. Gorgeous.
Details
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Origin | Santa Cruz Mountains, California, United States |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1296588 |