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Bottle of Rhys Vineyards, Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard, 2011 - Red Wine - Flatiron Wines & Spirits - New York
Bottle of Rhys Vineyards, Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard, 2011 - Red Wine - Flatiron Wines & Spirits - New York
Bottle of Rhys Vineyards, Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard, 2011 - Red Wine - Flatiron Wines & Spirits - New York
Bottle of Rhys Vineyards, Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard, 2011 - Red Wine - Flatiron Wines & Spirits - New York

Rhys Vineyards, Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard, 2011

Red Wine from California, United States
by Rhys Vineyards

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Twelve-point-four percent alcohol—remarkably low for California Pinot Noir, and a testament to the 2011 vintage's cool, quasi-European character. The growing season brought frost, rain, and atypically cool weather with foggy August and September, producing yields ten to seventy-five percent below normal. Many producers struggled; Rhys thrived. The Horseshoe Vineyard's sedimentary shale and diatomaceous earth delivered a wine of superbly complex aromatics—red berries, beetroot, wild strawberries, and vinesmoke—at a natural balance that required no winemaker intervention. Organic and biodynamic farming, whole-cluster fermentation, spontaneous ferment, and French oak aging preserve every nuance of this challenging vintage. The low alcohol and seamless structure make this an impeccable ager, with secondary layers of complexity still emerging. A vintage that proves great terroir reveals itself most clearly when nature doesn't cooperate. Decant an hour before serving.

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Professional Reviews

Burghound

BH 93
"In much the same fashion as the Alpine this is intensely floral with plenty of spice character to the relatively high-toned red berry fruit aromas. The cool, pure, intense and beautifully detailed middle weight flavors possess a lovely sense of underlying tension while delivering outstanding length on the superbly long finish. This is very much old school in style and quite youthfully austere today so I would strongly suggest allowing this tightly coiled effort to remain hidden in your cellar for at least 6 to 8 years."

Antonio Galloni

AG 94
"The 2011 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard is another of the hugely intriguing wines in this range. It brings together the intensely perfumed, savory notes found in some of the other wines, but here the fruit is rich, deep and marvelously resonant. Dark cherry, menthol, sage, smoke and licorice all build to a huge, explosive finish laced with distinct Syrah-inflected overtones. This should be a fascinating wine to follow over the next decade-plus. The 2011 was made from fully destemmed fruit." -Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

RP 94
"One of the most youthful 2011s in the lineup, the 2011 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard has serious amount of pepper to go with a darker slant to its fruit; blackberry, ground herbs, charcoal, smoked earth and licorice are just some of the nuances here, and blind, cool-climate Syrah would be the common guess. Nevertheless, it's all Pinot on the palate and has a medium-bodied, supple, seamless and elegant texture that carries plenty of fruit, fine tannin and good acidity that stays integrated and clean through finish. This is a gorgeous 2011 that readers need to seek out." -Jeb Dunnuck

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    2011

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional