TN: 2006 Rhys Alesia Pinot Noir San Mateo County

Dennis_Atick · September 11, 2009, 1:39pm

Popped this new wine last night.
Anybody familiar with these guys?
Really terrific stuff here.

2006 Rhys Alesia Pinot Noir San Mateo County - USA, California, San Francisco Bay, San Mateo County (9/10/2009)
Terrific showing again. Spicy, smoky nose. Cranberry and sandalwood too. There’s a stemmy-spicy note with the cherry palate this is just delicious. The herbal notes stayed with me all night…nice. Crazy good value here.

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S_L_Clayton · September 11, 2009, 2:59pm

Nice note and great avatar!

Cheers

ekovitch · September 11, 2009, 3:12pm

My vote is that they declassify it every year and sell it for $10/bottle less under the Alesia label.

Brad_S_w_a_l_l_o_w · September 11, 2009, 3:24pm

Dennis, your note is making me thirsty. Do you think this is showing optimally now, or will it improve with further age?

Dennis_Atick · September 11, 2009, 4:03pm

Thanks, SL. Same to you.
Brad-Have had three bottles since May, all have been great.
However, the wine shows a bit of structure and youthfulness.
I don’t get the sense 2-3 years will bring significant changes, but it certainly won’t hurt either. Fun wine. Drink one now if you have a few.

Andrew_Christiansen · September 11, 2009, 4:08pm

My two bottles improved dramatically after 1.5-2 hours open/decanted. I no guarantees, but I would deduce that better days are ahead in a few years. In the end, this is estate fruit that in normal years would be Rhys.

Tom_Gutting · September 11, 2009, 4:24pm

Amen, Dennis. This wine is smoking good. I love it.

Kevin_Harvey · September 11, 2009, 4:54pm

Errol,
That’s our hope as well. This year we are managing the vineyard in order to make two wines - a Family Farm VD and a Rhys San Mateo Appellation wine.

Dennis_Atick · September 11, 2009, 5:02pm

Brett_Johnson · September 11, 2009, 5:35pm

Totally agree; this a great buy! Unfortunately, I don’t have any left!

Tim_Corliss · September 11, 2009, 8:29pm

Kevin - Do you still have any of the 06 San Mateo in stock?

Kevin_Harvey · September 12, 2009, 2:32am

We have about 50 cases (out of 1000 made) left. Should we offer it again to the mailing list? I was intending to sell it to restaurants as I figured you guys had all that you want!

CWun · September 12, 2009, 5:03am

Based upon responses on this board and the other one, you probably would have quite a few buyers. I would be one.

Frank_Smith · September 12, 2009, 1:56pm

I would say yes. In fact, before even seeing this thread I had emailed Josh yesterday asking whether you had any left. He said that you did, so I replied back with an order for a case. So when you get inundated with orders, make sure to save me one.

Lance_Smith · September 12, 2009, 2:48pm

I need to restock as well.

Even considering my 2007 purchases…

Tim_Corliss · September 13, 2009, 2:57am

I think you should. Lots of buzz about it and sometimes people assume it’s sold out.