2002 Rhys "Home" PN

2002 Rhys “Home” PN - 14.1% alcohol
Bright crimson red with a touch of onion skin at edge.
Rich nose of raspberries, face powder and violets.
Nicely structured, medium bodied, elegant pure red berry entry led to a luscious cherry finish.
A perfectly balanced wine! I think I caught this puppy at it’s peak. El Yummo!
A really fine CA Pinot Noir and if this is an indication of how “Da Home” ages, we have some fine drinkin’ ahead.
[95 pts]

TTT

This must be 04?

No, 2002…

TTT

Don,
This is '02. I think I traded Paul a bottle many years ago (maybe he remembers).
The Home was made in my garage from '00-'02 but not commercially released.
Since 2000, there was no Home bottled in '03, '05 and '09 which reflects the difficulty of making just a single barrel of wine.
Starting with 2010, we have an expanded Home Vyd and I am really happy with the new section. It is making better wine (with the same character) compared to the older section.

Not bad for a “Garage Wine”… [cheers.gif]

TTT

Could we refer to this as a Mystery Wine from a Garagiste?

True Cali Garage wine. Paul you are a lucky man. That should be some kind of good wine.

Curious to hear what bottle Paul traded for this. A magnum of “left nut”?

KH and I have done a little wheelin’ and dealin’ over the years.
He might have just given this to me as I can’t recall any trade…

TTT

1979 SCM vineyard estate pinot noir is pretty good trading material with Kevin!

no kiddin’ right? a 2002 Home PN? that’s just showin’ off!

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Yes it is!
As a matter of fact I have a couple more '02 Homes laying around for just such a situation…