Rhys, Santa Cruz Mountains Skyline Pinot Noir Vintage:2022 This is at once seductive

This is at once seductive and classy and should also drink reasonably well young but reward up to a decade of cellaring

but the oak needs more integration before this really rocks

Very obvious tannins initially

Then bright and penetrating on the palate

while displaying good if not special depth on the lingering finish

Rhys, Santa Cruz Mountains Skyline Pinot Noir Vintage:2022 This is at once seductiveIf the Rhys Horseshoe and Alpine bottlings are in perpetual friendly competition, the Skyline bottling watches from the sidelines and doesn't bother to get involved. The trifecta of extreme density plantings, the highest elevation site and 100% whole cluster fermentation take this wine to another aromatic and textural dimension, even for Rhys. The 2019 Pinot Noir Skyline Vineyard enters with a kaleidoscopic yet organized nose, as if neatly