Hirsch Vineyards Pinot Noir Estate Reserve 2017
Red
Sonoma Coast, United States
6.5
WineSaint
The vintage's heat stress shows immediately. Washed-out cherry and cranberry lack the site's signature mountain grip. Tannins feel harsh and disconnected, while the structure never finds its footing. A rare miss from this usually stellar estate.
washed-out cherrycranberryharsh tanninsdisconnected structure
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Hirsch Vineyards
→Hirsch Vineyards farms one of California's most remote Pinot Noir sites, a high-elevation ridge above the Sonoma Coast fog line where the San Andreas Fault runs directly beneath the vines.