Rhys Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains Horseshoe Vineyard 2013

94+ points Jeb Dunnuck (Wine Advocate): "My favorite of the latest release Chardonnays, the 2013 Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard is a screaming effort that got a few wows in the notes. More ripe and rounded than the Alpine Vineyard (at the moment anyways, as Kevin commented that this cuvee continues to pick up more and more focus with bottle age), its light/medium gold color is followed by tons of ripe white peach and orchard fruits, toasted nuts, crushed rock and white flowers. Rounded, concentrated and rich on the palate, yet with vibrant underlying acidity that cuts through the finish, give it a year or two in the cellar and enjoy bottles through 2025+. (Oct 2015)"

93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): " In the fifteen months since I last opened a bottle of the 2013 Horseshoe chardonnay, the wine has begun to gently shut down and is now in need of at least a couple of years in a quiet corner of the cellar. The bouquet is still deep, pure and nascently complex, offering up a mix of pear, apple, citrus peel, great minerality, a touch of iodine, spring flowers and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is more reserved in profile than was the case last summer, but deep, full-bodied and pure, with a rock solid core, fine focus and grip and a long, primary and zesty finish. Just let it snooze for a bit! 2018-2040. (Sep/Oct 2016)"

93 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "The 2013 Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard is quite opulent and open for this wine. Hints of tropical fruit, butter, white truffle, pastry and apricot jam fill out the wine's ample, broad-shouldered frame with ease. This is an unusually open, young Chardonnay from Rhys, where the Chards often need at least a few years in bottle to truly blossom. (Jul 2015)"