Tasting Notes

WSM95

2012 Sonoma Coast San Andreas Fault Pinot Noir Representing both the fog-cooled western ridges of the Hirsch estate and the slightly sunnier inland ridges, this is a particularly tense, energetic pinot noir from coastal Sonoma. The wine's flavor and structure are almost indistinguishable, its sandy grip delivering cool, pristine, penetrating flavors of rosy spice and tilled soil. It remains firm and bright even with three days of air, a testament to the maturity of the vines that grew the wine, some of which were part of David Hirsch's initial planting in 1980. Let its lean power unwind for a few years before opening it with something as simple as a roast chicken, allowing the wine to take center stage.

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