Rhys, Horseshoe Vineyard Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains
Rhys · California › Santa Cruz Mountains › United States of America
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93
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13
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Taster #1922
· Sep 27, 2025
94/100
Very expressive, aging beautifully
2019 vintage
Taster #7238
· Sep 19, 2025
94/100
PnP. Very aromatic with green apple, nectarine, minerals, lemon, mango and pineapple. Loaded with flavorshowing green apple, citrus, nectarine, minerals, mango and pineapple. Good acidity leads to a long , smooth finish.
2019 vintage
Taster #4674
· Aug 12, 2025
93/100
OK, I tasted this (my max these days -- about 5ml), my wife had a glass or two... we both agreed fantastic... lemons, bright bright bright, felt to me like there was as solid layer of minerals on top of the lemon fruit, ever so slightly rich but not heavy AT ALL... Tiff said the word that kept coming to mind was BRIGHT
2019 vintage
Taster #9228
· Jul 18, 2025
93/100
Medium hay color, really delicious Chardonnay, flavorful, beautifully balanced, touches of saline and umami, no obvious oak, about as good as California chard gets.
2019 vintage
Taster #1240
· Dec 6, 2024
92/100
White flowers, pineapple, and tropical citrus that make you salivate immediately for a sip. Clean and crisp mouthfeel with balanced acidity, alcohol, and minerality. Concentrated fruit that is elegantly expressed with complex notes.
2019 vintage
Taster #7238
· Nov 4, 2024
94/100
PnP. Aromas of green apple, nectarine, minerals, lemon, mango and pineapple. Lots of flavor mirroring the nose with green apple, citrus, nectarine, minerals, mango and pineapple. Good acidity leads to a long , smooth finish. Good now, but should hold at least 5-10 years based on previous years.
2019 vintage
Taster #7221
· Aug 30, 2024
Only two months after the prior: This time we noticed an impressive green tinge in the glass. Again this was very friendly, quite generous, but not crossing into overly opulent. Lovely acid backbone. Highly enjoyable over four nights, gassed in between.
2019 vintage
Taster #7221
· Jun 20, 2024
Medium golden straw in color. Yes, tropical fruits. The wine is friendly and quite generous, but thankfully it’s supported by good acidity. Highly enjoyable over five nights, gassed in between.
2019 vintage
Taster #0624
· Apr 16, 2024
89/100
Rhys vs White Burgundy Blind (A collector's home) : Wine C. The nose shows tropical fruit, some mango and pineapple. Surprising acidity, decent cut, but ultimately this has a rounder riper and 1 note palate that lacked complexity. I guessed this to be Rhys
2019 vintage
Taster #2632
· Apr 14, 2024
94/100
Really enjoyable 500ml bottle, 12.5 % ABV Quite ripe fruit and soft initial profile, touch of sweetness but this isn’t a big fruit driven buttery chard, far from it. A real underlying leanness on the finish and gold verve - Approchable and enjoyable The bottle format and low ABV means it’s easy to do so as an extra bottle Lovely
2019 vintage
Taster #9405
· Feb 3, 2024
A week ago I had my first bottle as part of a lineup of seven Chardonnays. The memory lingered, and last night I decided to open a second bottle. It really is a great wine. Last night we had this after tasting a grand cru Chablis, and someone said it was like going from 2D to 3D. We also had a 2014 Peay Estate Chardonnay, which was nice but, fwiw, not in the same league as this horseshoe Chardonnay. I …
2019 vintage
Taster #9405
· Jan 27, 2024
Very crisp. Very firm acidic spine. And very light color. On day one, it was kind of too acidic for me. Revisited 48 hours later: It’s color had darkened a bit and the body had put on weight and richness while maintaining the firm spine.
2019 vintage
Taster #7071
· Nov 14, 2023
94/100
Fabulous showing. Full of perfectly ripe orchard fruits and amped up with electric acidity. Long, lingering and bitingly crisp on the finish.
2019 vintage
Taster #4674
· Feb 14, 2023
second bottle of white opened, but do remember that this was really nice... needed air (and didn't get it) but still nice... 92/93 pts??
2019 vintage
Taster #2230
· Nov 20, 2022
93/100
From 500ml bottle, This is a nice balanced Chard with some creamy lemon curd notes on the nose and the palate as well as some lime zest, white florals, pear and some light oak induced elements. Modest ABV of 12.3% and bright with acidity this is still pretty tightly wound and should be continuing to evolve favorably for another several years to potentially another decade. A beautiful elegant wine.
2019 vintage
Taster #5756
· Sep 25, 2022
93/100
Already drinking nicely - lemon, white flowers, barely discernible oak (from the mouthfeel, not vanilla). Well done. From a 500ml.
2019 vintage
Taster #1140
· May 5, 2022
93/100
375ml bottle-DD for approximately 60 minutes at approximately 55 degrees. Consumed out if a Grassl Liberte stem over 45 minutes. I have several 375ml bottles and a couple of 750ml bottles. I was curious to check-in on this wine. However, this wine is way too early to consume but it still provided pleasure. It is a pale to medium gold. The nose was of white flowers, lemon rind and a slight hint of rancid butter (in a good Chardonnay way). …
2019 vintage
Taster #2240
· Mar 31, 2022
94/100
This is a warm Santa Cruz mountain hike in a glass. Tree farm on a hot day along Skyline. The crushed rock and stone. Salinity wafting up over the hill from the water in the distance. The small wildflowers. Citrus blossoms. Carries through on the palate. Meyer Lemon. Love the salinity. Beautiful acid that fits just right. Shoot, this is a damn good wine.
2019 vintage