Swan Terrace Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir

Still a baby. Drinks fine but tastes more or less the same as it did five years ago, absent a bit less tannin.

Lots of whole cluster makes this wine a little astringent on the finish. I appreciate the idea here less whole cluster would be better this vintage.

This arguably the best new world Pinot Noir I've had. Definitely in the top 5. Still could use time, and has 20 years more, easily. True balance of powerful aromatics, defined yet not overbearing red berry fruits, spice, sous bois, super fine and well intergraded tannins, and lively acidity. Truly a great wine.

A very good Rhys, riper than most of their Pinots at 13.6 which I appreciated, good balance of meatiness and fruit.

Quite nice. Had that plush core, red fruits, still waiting for structure/integration.

Just noticed I had a 9.0 instead of 9.6, late nite, it was very good

Lived up to the hype!!!

One of my more recent realizations on Rhys is that when they shut down, they shut down hard, so I'm trying to enjoy some more of my stash in the early window of opportunity. This one is definitely still there, so rich at first that it's practically saucy though without any candied flavors. Rhys always benefits from a long decant but this one was so primary it needed even more time than most to show its underlying contours and reveal some of the rocks beneath the fruit. What I love about the house style is here even though this flirts with being too much of a good thing - for all that dense, saturating, luscious fruit, there is still a whole lot of energy and vibrancy here too.

At The Pass w Jin and Julie

Anthony had this 11 years ago