Rhys Alpine Vineyard Chardonnay 2016 Santa Cruz USA Lyonnat finesse and elegance

finesse and elegance

and hot stones

plums and wild herbs on the nose here

91 Pts  Wine Enthusiast

welcoming and supple

Rhys Alpine Vineyard Chardonnay 2016 Santa Cruz USA Lyonnat finesse and eleganceThe 2016 Chardonnay Alpine Vineyard is a stunning young wine that's one of the best whites Rhys has produced to date. Opening up with vivid aromas of lemon oil, citrus pith, crisp apple and nutmeg, it's fuller bodied, glossier and more textural than the Horseshoe bottling, with a broader attack as well. But it's also intensely saline and mineral, with wonderful concentration and intensity. Several years of patience will be rewarded by greater