"A hauntingly beautiful and perfumed nose is both wonderfully floral as well as strikingly spicy with its cool and pure aromas of both red and dark raspberry, cherry and currant. The equally refined and pure medium-bodied flavors are wonderfully sophisticated while displaying superb depth on the dusty, palate coating and balanced finish that offers knock-out length. This superb effort is a wine of class and grace."
Antonio Galloni
AG96
"The 2016 Pinot Noir Swan Terrace is another star in this range. Soaring aromatics and finely sculpted fruit are just two of the signatures in this sublime, utterly captivating Pinot Noir from Rhys. here, too, the 100% whole clusters are very nicely integrated. The Swan Terrace is a wine of regal sophistication and elegance. Don't miss it!" -Antonio Galloni
Robert Parker
RP97
"The supremely elegant 2016 Pinot Noir Swan Terrace—which was vinified with 100% whole cluster and matured in 20% new oak—was one of the high points of my tasting with winemaker Jeff Brinkman and proprietor Kevin Harvey. Bursting from the glass with an extravagant bouquet of wild plums, chocolate, licorice, rich soil, potpourri and spice, the wine is full-bodied, layered and expansive, with a velvety, even and plush attack, amazing mid-palate depth and dimension, stunning intensity and concentration and a long, perfumed and stony finish. As readers may know, the Swan Terrace is a small, east-facing parcel of Rhys' Alpine Vineyard where the soils consist of chalky Purisima shale." -William Kelley
