Rhys Alpine Vineyard Chardonnay 2016 Santa Cruz USA Lyonnat Like Kabinett

Like Kabinett

91 Pts  Wine Enthusiast

and hot stones

this wine has great intensity and a very refreshing spicy finish

marked by intense mineral tension

Rhys Alpine Vineyard Chardonnay 2016 Santa Cruz USA Lyonnat Like KabinettThe 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