Rhys Vineyards, Pinot Noir Bearwallow Vineyard, 2016 female and white flowers lead

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energetic wine that lets terroir speak first

giving it an indulgent but balanced character

Hand-harvested in baskets

blackcurrant and raspberry on the nose

Rhys Vineyards, Pinot Noir Bearwallow Vineyard, 2016 female and white flowers leadOne of the first California producers to make hardcore Burgundy lovers sit up straight, Rhys chases elegance and terroir through mountain farming and low yields. Bearwallow is the estate's outlier: rather than the Santa Cruz Mountains, it sits in the cool northwest Deep End of Anderson Valley, planted on rocky slopes in one of the region's chilliest corners. The result is a Pinot with a different accent, generous and dark fruited yet still energetic