Rhys Vineyards
Porcupine Hill Pinot Noir
Anderson Valley, North Coast, California, USA
Lighter than any other Rhys I’ve had. Doesn’t make it bad but not right in my wheelhouse either. Great fruit and quality though. Served blind I called it Oregonian Pinot.
Lighter than any other Rhys I’ve had. Doesn’t make it bad but not right in my wheelhouse either. Great fruit and quality though. Served blind I called it Oregonian Pinot.
Mar 1st, 2019
Pretty closed. Not a bad bottle per say, but I couldn’t get the fruit to emerge even with lots of air. Hold for a few more yrs.
Pretty closed. Not a bad bottle per say, but I couldn’t get the fruit to emerge even with lots of air. Hold for a few more yrs.
Jul 10th, 2018
This is the Porcupine Hill. Apparently from a well placed but newly planted block of the Bearwallow vineyard. Smaller production and more expensive. But I'm not sure I like it better. It's more linear and less fleshy than the 2013 Bearwallow, showing more basic black fruit scents and just a touch of cedary wood in contrast to the Bearwallow's more exotic spice. Possibly the more skeletal material is just leaving this one more backwards but no question the Bearwallow is super fun today and this one is more like "promising."
This is the Porcupine Hill. Apparently from a well placed but newly planted block of the Bearwallow vineyard. Smaller production and more expensive. But I'm not sure I like it better. It's more linear and less fleshy than the 2013 Bearwallow, showing more basic black fruit scents and just a touch of cedary wood in contrast to the Bearwallow's more exotic spice. Possibly the more skeletal material is just leaving this one more backwards but no question the Bearwallow is super fun today and this one is more like "promising."
Mar 25th, 2016
