2018 Rhys Chardonnay Alpine Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  4/15/2024 - llink wrote: 90 Points

  PNP. Served blind. Medium yellow. A dose of pineapple, banana and ripe stone fruit on the nose, but otherwise clean and well made. Slightly cloudy, ripe and lemony palate, clean and smooth in a richer style that lacks complexity.

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  11/29/2023 - mthyen wrote: 89 Points

  Another disapointing Rhys wine. Corked at a low level and tasted okay. Corked wines from Rhys has been the norm for me. Very disappointing.

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  11/6/2023 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 94 Points

  wow, this bottling is getting into its prime, we love acidic / citrus / mineral chards and this had all those characteristics, and POWER... we're often get overwhelmed when wines are too cloying or punchy but this wine had a big punch and yet held it together in a classy (ie not cloying) way... bravo... 94 pts for a CA chard (we drink lots of Chablis and other white burgs) is a true statement

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  8/29/2023 - gharter Likes this wine: 94 Points

  PnP. Opens with an a mazing aroma filled with lemon, peach, pineapple, mineral, floral, and tangerine. Loaded with flavor. Lemon, peach, pineapple, minerals, tangerine, light oak. Medium body with a long smooth finish. Just entering its drinking window. No hurry to open, but really good now.

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  4/23/2023 - grafstrb wrote:

  -- popped and poured --
  -- tasted non-blind over a couple days --
  
  NOSE: rich; buttery; high-toned; pronounced grassy element; fairly intense -- packed with fruit aromas that come across as rich-but-taut.
  
  BODY: medium-rich golden yellow color; medium bodied
  
  TASTE: rich, but not gloppy/overdone; high acidity holds everything together quite nicely, and it's intense flavor belies its sub-13% abv (12.8%); obviously young, and seems to have the stuffing and structure to age well.

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