Passing to load up on all the Windy Oaks I can get

Pass- The Alesia's that I've had haven't been very good.

Pass.  Every time that I am ambivalent about a mailer and order anyway, I regret it later (Radio Coteau '04; Alcina '05; Melville '05; Pisoni '04 - notice the trend?  All pinots).

The wines have been good but similar to other Cali Pinots. A pass for me.

I'm still on the wait list, but it sounds like you have to buy the Sonoma wines even if you only want the Santa Cruz Mountains - is that correct?

We popped our first Alesia Pinot tonight bacause I saw a few who disliked them.  We had the 2004 Alesia Kanzler.  While it was a bit rough on initial opening (no decanting...we were at a lower level restaurant)....it really opened up nicely near the end of dinner.  This was far better than I would have thought based on some comments here...I'd give it 90 points....and will only improve with age.  I'll wait on the rest of these another year....and I don't feel bad that I purchased a mixed case from the current mailer.

Chris

They aren't releasing anything new until March so buy both!!  I love WO as well and will try to grab at least a case on next release.Â

I'm planning on picking up a case of this as well, just need to decide what to cut.

I've decided to forgo this mailer. Nothing against these wines, for the most part not bad @ all, just not made in the style I prefer.

I'm on the fence but just about to fall off and make a decision. I've been reviewing my notes and I've consumed 6 bottles. All bottles I show were Good, but none Very Good (I know I have a funky ranking system). In my book, $44 is a lot of money for a Good wine. At that rating, I can get the same quality of wine for $30.

Although I don't subscribe to Burghound, I've read references that he's reviewed the Falstaff and Green Valley. If you go to Cellartracker and search for Rhys 2006, that's all you see. No one that uses CT so far has purchased anything else. Which means to me, 457 bottles of wine purchased so far is strictly because of the points and not because of prior vintage, prior tasting notes, recommendation etc...

OK, I've made up my mind. Pass.

It's not that those are the only ones that have been ordered by CT users, it's that those are the only two that show up in a search for 2006 wines. The other wines in the offering are from 2005.

Doh! You're right!

I bit on my allocation today after determining that I have a pretty decent refund coming from the IRS. The '04 Chileno Syrah was delicious and the '04 Sonatera Pinot was tasty and promising. I'm willing to go a little further down this road.

I sure wish his Santa Cruz Mountain's vineyards were on line. How long before we get some of those?

Kevin says that people ordering from this mailer will pretty much all be getting non-Alesia Rhys allocations in the fall. They had a good harvest in 2006.

Cool

Never tasted, never signed up, easy pass! See? It's easy.

Got an e-mail today that said offer expires on Feb. 10.  As stated by several folks above, the Alesia Pinots I have had have been good, not great. Typical, not unique. I signed up for Rhys. If I get bumped from Rhys because I didn't bite on this, I can live with that. But $44 per bottle is too much for an ordinary Pinot that will live in my cellar for several years to allow its cold climate acidic shell to shed.