Rhys Vineyards Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard 2019 NO20231101 followed by sweet spiced fruit

followed by sweet spiced fruit and finishing with an almost sherry-like character

foot-stomped and skin-macerated for 6 hours

a single career woman from Tokyo with no prior knowledge of sake

Only 4 barrels produced

sweet and long

Rhys Vineyards Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard 2019 NO20231101 followed by sweet spiced fruitA wine of nearly indescribable finesse, the 2019 Alpine Vineyard Pinot Noir reveals translucent ruby color and a sweet floral, savory bouquet electrified by beams of minerality. From a 16 clone vineyard at 1,200 1,490 feet elevation on Purisima Shale soils, hand harvested and fermented with native yeast and cold soak. Medium bodied with ripe cherries, strawberries, spice, and sappy underbrush with silky yet building tannins. One of Rhys's most