Rhys, Alpine Vineyard Hillside Pinot Noir

Rhys, Alpine Vineyard Hillside Pinot NoirThis bottling is only made in the best years, and the 2017 Pinot Noir Alpine Hillside Vineyard was entirely destemmed. It has a pale to medium ruby purple color and very pretty, singularly perfumed nose of rose petal, hoisin, grilled meats and dried tangerine peel with saline, wild blackberries and oodles of red berry fruitsraspberries, cherries, cranberries and rhubarbplus earthy accents of tea leaves, tree bark and dried leaves. The light to medium

indeed this may the first vintage in quite a while where it is ready before the Richebourg

More reticent on the nose than the 2007

sporting a broad and enriched bouquet that paints a panoramic vision of this MGA that straddles the villages of La Morra and Barolo

and it has a balanced feel (but perhaps less austere) and a clean

notions of petrichor

The palate is ultra-polished

500 cases imported

The Lorcher Riesling 2021 Krone offers a fascinatingly pure

and the wine extends long over the palate thanks to the momentum it gains from its fruit and its acidity

As one would expect the big-bodied flavors possess plenty of size

The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity

with more tannins that are going to require time in bottle