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N.V. Rhys Perpetual Reserve

Disgorged June 2022

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased at retail

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

93Jeb Dunnuck

...clean, crisp notes of green apples, honeysuckle, white flowers, and just a touch of toasty, subtle nuttiness that emerges with time in the glass...wonderful on the palate as well, with medium-bodied richness, a vibrant, elegant silky texture, very fine bubbles, and a great finish.

93John Gilman

...outstanding on both the nose and palate...very refined bouquet of apple, lemon, complex minerality, a hint of bread dough, spring flowers, lemongrass and a touch of fleur de sel in the upper register...bright, full-bodied and focused, with a fine core and mineral undertow, utterly refined mousse and a long, crisp and beautifully balanced finish.

PRODUCER

Rhys

Rhys Vineyards is a Santa Cruz maker of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The estate is owned by Kevin Harvey, who has vineyards in several sites in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Rhys Vineyards also makes a few wines under the Alesia label that come from grapes purchased in the Sonoma Coast and in the Santa Lucia Highlands. It is the Rhys Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays, however, that have made the small estate into something of a cult producer of California wines with Burgundian appeal. Both the Pinots and Chardonnays regularly earn high ratings from reviewers. The wines are generally available through mailing lists.

VINTAGE

N.V. Rhys Perpetual Reserve