Rhys Alpine Vineyard Chardonnay 2016 Santa Cruz USA Lyonnat welcoming and supple

welcoming and supple

91 Pts  Wine Enthusiast

it fills the mouth with fruit

finesse and elegance

this wine has great intensity and a very refreshing spicy finish

Rhys Alpine Vineyard Chardonnay 2016 Santa Cruz USA Lyonnat welcoming and suppleThe 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