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Rhys Vineyards, Pinot Noir Home Vineyard, 2015

Red Wine from California, United States
by Rhys Vineyards
$129.99
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One hundred percent whole-cluster fermentation from the vineyard that started it all—Kevin Harvey's original Santa Cruz Mountains site, where Whiskey Hill sandstone soils and dual maritime influence from the Pacific and San Francisco Bay produce Pinot Noir of gravitas and power. The 2015 vintage delivered exceptional depth across California, and this Home Vineyard bottling captures the year's intensity: alluring black cherry, cola, and loamy mineral undertones with rich boysenberry and rose-extract flavors backed by fine, structured tannins. Rhys' winemaking remains uncompromising—organic and biodynamic farming, gravity-fed, foot-trodden, spontaneous fermentation, French oak from air-dried staves. Where the 2010 Home Vineyard was massive and savory, the 2015 is darker-fruited and more powerful, demanding extended cellaring to reach its full potential. This is not an immediately approachable wine but an investment in future pleasure. Cellar through 2035 and beyond.

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Burghound

91 points

"A notably ripe nose features notes of poached plum, spice, violet and whiffs of menthol and mocha. There is excellent volume to the velvety and suave medium weight flavors that are currently shaped by somewhat raspy tannins that are borderline inelegant yet the depth is first-rate on the ever-so-mildly warm finale. While this bold effort won't win any awards for elegance, it certainly can't be faulted for a lack of character."

Antonio Galloni

96 points

"A wine of gravitas and pure power, the 2015 Pinot Noir Home Vineyard is a real stunner. The 100% whole clusters are pretty much buried by the sheer intensity of the fruit. This is an absolutely captivating wine in every way. Like so many of these 2015s, the Home is going to require many years to be at its very best. Even so, its potential is amply evident today." —Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

92 points

"Offering up aromas of ripe cherries, cassis, potpourri and spices, the 2015 Pinot Noir Home Vineyard is full-bodied, ample and layered, with a deep core of ripe fruit and juicy balancing acids, framed by fine-grained but firm, youthfully chewy tannins that make it one of the most overtly structural wines in the range this year. The story is the same in the 2016 vintage, but if anything, the 2015 is even more in need of bottle age. Forget it for a minimum of 5 or 6 years. At full maturity, I suspect it will reveal a textural plushness that will surprise anyone who tastes it today." —William Kelley

More about Rhys Vineyards

Kevin Harvey, a software entrepreneur with a Burgundy obsession, started Rhys in 2004 to prove California could make world-class Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah from mountain vineyards. Seven estate vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains and Anderson Valley, all gravity-fed, foot-trodden, wild fermented by winemaker Jeff Brinkman. These are soil-driven wines—mineral, complex, serious. The kind of wines that make you forget you're drinking California.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    2015

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

roasted duck breast, herb-crusted veal, truffle risotto, beef stew, farmstead cheeses

Tasting Profile

Balanced Home Vineyard Pinot with ripe cherry, earthy mushroom, and spice notes. Medium body with refined tannins, bright acidity, and a long, elegant finish.

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