Rhys, Swan Terrace Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains

Loved this. I really like aged Pinot Noirs, this is a great example. Sadly my last bottle.

2006 vintage

CNY dinner at Happy Place. My bottle. Drank in Spiegelau Definition Burg. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Noser is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of dark red cherries, dark stems slightly herbal, dark brooding earth, minerality showing intermittently, stone dust, perfume powder. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (12.8%), medium tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of dark brooding savoury earth, dark red cherries, dark red plums, dark herbal stems and spice, …

2019 vintage

Totally agree with Wetrock's tasting notes below. This started out tart, but added depth and complexity as it opened. I loved it. Night 2 was less good than Night 1, but every sip was pretty great.

2006 vintage

Tasted at Fruits of the Vine 2024 at Edition Hotel Singapore. Not able to write down tasting notes, only rating score.

2019 vintage

Initially flashing the stem inclusion hard. That integrates and this takes on that cool, haunting quality great Pinot can often do. Quite dark fruited for Pinot with a straight up blackberry quality. Very fine tannin yet makes the finish quite focused. Minerals and rocks. Citrus. Pretty damn good. Loses some depth overnight but not expression. Worth the wait.

2006 vintage

So my experience with aged Rhys have not been as good as I had hoped, having been buying since the 06 vintage. I feel like some bottles were a bit old, some too young and some just fell flat. This however was humming on all cylinders. Popped and poured at cellar temp. Still very dark purple color, no signs of bricking. Lovely nose of violets, blueberry fruit, Asian spices and lovely rich earth. The descriptors aren’t doing justice to what …

2006 vintage

Two Coravin pours…Lovely, balanced and typically fresh and vibrant. Cherry, black raspberry and strawberry along with some pomegranate dominate the fruit profile with lots of nuances of spice, minerals and florals. Great with food and on its own. Velvety smooth yet bright and elegantly, very long. Amazingly good. This will only get better over time, but so delicious even now at a youthful 3-4 years of age. 12.8% ABV

2019 vintage

While I’ve had mixed luck with aging Rhys, this one is a winner. 2006 is a lovely vintage for Rhys, and this has matured into a suave, velvety Pinot that’s very well proportioned. There’s still a lot of fruit, but this now also shows some earth and a dusting of spice. Not a blockbuster but quite good

2006 vintage

PNP. Big for a long while. After 4 hours smoothed out. Not sure if I liked it more big or smooth? All good!

2006 vintage

Delicious dark cherry, earth, and spice on the nose and harmonious palate and long finish. Simply delicious!

2006 vintage

PnP. Some evolution over the evening. Would not recommend decanting. Color showing a bit of age. Fruit, acid and light tannins in balance. Elegant and interesting. Still with some years ahead.

2006 vintage

While this wine had nice fruit and some complexity, I found it a bit hot. During extended aeration, it was more hot sometimes and less others. However, I did not find the balance compelling. While this wine will certainly last 5+ years, the alcohol will only become more obvious over time.

2006 vintage

Decanted for a little over an hour and enjoyed over the next several hours. The decanting helped as it started out a little closed, but then opened. Ruby color, showing no hint of going on 15 years. Very aromatic with plum, black cherry, raspberry and strawberry. Starting to show more complexity than earlier bottles. Plum, black cherry, raspberry, strawberry, and spice flavors. The stems are minimally present now, just adding to the flavors. Long silky finish. At a really good …

2006 vintage

This is in a terrific place right now. Bing cherry, brown sugar, spice. Complex with lots of life ahead.

2006 vintage

Quite good tonight. Glad I opened it. Complex, smooth, balance, red fruit, long long lingering clean finish. The finish really stood out to me.

2006 vintage

Rhys Dinner (Golden Triangle, Los Gatos) : In a great spot right now. Red berries, spices, and a hint of new leather on the nose. Good acidity with tart cherry flavors on the palate and good finish.

2006 vintage

Light stem and that slightly old clothes closet note on the nose, then rich, deep dark raspberry fruit, strong acidity, quite rich, tasty, with a slight sweet note on the finish; still very youthful, can go for years.

2006 vintage

This has been a different wine every single time I've had it. This time it's as soft and plush as a teddy bear with a red-fruited profile and Chinese five-spice aromatics that make you think of Vosne-Romanee. Not even recognizable as the inky fruit bomb it was on release.

2006 vintage

Drinking Amazing. Cherries and strawberries are well integrated. Finishes with an earthy acidity.

2006 vintage

Perfectly fine but not the complex wine I expected. Ripe red fruit with a stemmy mouthfeel and good structure. I like where Rhys went in later vintages more than this.

2006 vintage

Old school Rhys here. Dark raspberry, blackberry and really more of a dark fruited wine. This would not be mistaken for a more current vintage Rhys Swan. There is structure here and I don't see the wine fading but if you drink Rhys for the more elegant, polished and precise flavors, this one is more old school and riper, plusher. Listed at 14.0% ABV on the label, seems like an accurate #.

2006 vintage

Impossible that this wine is 11 years old. Nose was fresh and vibrant with red fruit, and a touch of spice and herb (?) underneath. No bricking on the color, which was a shade darker than your average Pinot. Laube said to drink by 2011, which seems demonstrably false. Fantastic wine.

2006 vintage

Still structured, 7 years after my first note. Smelly and tasty, but still...

2006 vintage

Excellence. Big but balanced. Cherry, strawberry, spices and cranberry. Fruit forward effort with aging potential.

2006 vintage

Pinot Noir (Edina Country Club) : The nose is fresh, lively, complex and intoxicating. The palate is rather straight-forward. I love this nose, I wish the palate was in the same league. Nose is 94, palate is 89.

2006 vintage

Edina Country Club Domestic Pinots : Cork in terrible shape. Kevin had to perform what seemed like major surgery to fix my horrible attempt to open. Still quite youthful. Very ong, balanced, pure and rich. Kept changing in the glass going from strength to strength. Impeccable balance. Very fine, smooth tannins. We reflected how this was $59 on release, while pricing for this bottling has crept up and is now $99. My #1, Group #2.

2006 vintage

After being a bit underwhelmed by the Home I figured it would be worth taking a look at how the 2006 Alpines are doing right now. This one is in a much happier state and may be now proving itself as the more serious wine. It is still holding on to plenty of its tannic structure but isn't closed down at all. It starts out with a red-fruited personality with some blacker fruit and sapid flavors clenching inwards, and over …

2006 vintage

Decanted for a little over an hour and enjoyed over the next several hours. It benefitted from decanting. Ruby color, showing no hint of going on 10 years. Very aromatic with plum, black cherry and strawberry. Starting to show more complexity than earlier bottles. Plum, black cherry, strawberry, spice flavors. The stems are minimally present now, just adding to the flavors. Long silky finish. At a really good place now. Not sure if it will continue to improve, but not …

2006 vintage

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