Rhys, Alpine Vineyard Hillside Pinot Noir other_regions completing a wonderful Barsac

completing a wonderful Barsac

2 of the parcels measuring

An ultra-fresh and very bright nose freely offers up its array of red berries

The nose is a mild concern given that this is now bottled though it’s impossible to predict how this might evolve

There is much more aromatic intensity here than you might expect given the rather subtle and nuanced appearance the wine makes in the glass

Rhys, Alpine Vineyard Hillside Pinot Noir other_regions completing a wonderful BarsacThis bottling is only made in the best years, and the 2017 Pinot Noir Alpine Hillside Vineyard was entirely destemmed. It has a pale to medium ruby purple color and very pretty, singularly perfumed nose of rose petal, hoisin, grilled meats and dried tangerine peel with saline, wild blackberries and oodles of red berry fruitsraspberries, cherries, cranberries and rhubarbplus earthy accents of tea leaves, tree bark and dried leaves. The light to medium