For nearly 25 years, Rhys has been quietly making wine out of the underappreciated Santa Cruz Mountains. There is a delightful, earthy quality to this Pinot suggesting subdued fruit, green and black tealeaf and pomegranate. The acidity is spot on supporting the fruit along with the mild use of oak and the wines’ inherent tannic structure. However, this deviates from a lot of traditional bright-fruit-dominate California Pinot Noir because the Santa Cruz Mountains brings forth a brambly, earth equality that most other regions cannot attain. Their Mt. Pajaro vineyard was planted in 2013, therefore these expressive vines are still rather young so you see less buoyant fruit and more expressive, moody darker fruits. ORIGIN: Santa Cruz Mountains. ALCOHOL: 13.9%
