2016 Rhys Pinot Noir Skyline Vineyard

The 2016 Pinot Noir Skyline Vineyard is another stellar wine in this range. Deceptively medium in body, the Skyline is translucent, focus and lifted, yet also packs a serious punch. Beams of underlying tannin give the wine much of its shape and salivating energy. This is another wine in which the 100% whole clusters are impeccably balanced. In this tasting, the Skyline impresses for its completeness, as it really plays in all dimensions. What a gorgeous wine it is.

The 2016 Pinot Noir Skyline Vineyard is one of the more exotic wines in the range, bursting with complex aromas of strawberries, plums, potpourri, rich spice and a subtle bass note of grilled meat. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, layered and beautifully complete, simultaneously ample and tense, rich but weightless. This Pinot Noir's silky structure and concentration reflect yields so low that ten vines are typically required to produce one bottle. Four or five years of patience will be required and more will be rewarded.