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2017 Hirsch "San Andreas Fault" Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir (Elsewhere $62)

SKU #1466551 93 points Jeb Dunnuck

Outer quote mark Starting off the 2017s, the 2017 Pinot Noir San Andreas Fault Estate is another relatively large production cuvée by this estate's standards, with just under 4,000 cases. A perfumed, medium-bodied, beautifully elegant Pinot Noir, it has classic Sonoma Coast aromas and flavors, with lots of spiced cherries, strawberries, sappy herbs, and floral notes defining the bouquet. As with all of Hirsch's Pinot Noirs, it's more mid-weight, yet it still carries a vibrancy and tension that's going to age beautifully. Inner quote mark (7/2020)

93 points James Suckling

Outer quote mark A homage to the great fault line near Hirsch, this pinot has a brambly, rich array of red cherries and some blue-fruit notes with fresh, sappy, forest aromas, too. The palate has plenty of punchy tannin and forthright, fresh, unwavering drive. Drink or hold. Inner quote mark (9/2019)

92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Outer quote mark This is the largest production cuvée in the Hirsch portfolio. Pale to medium ruby, the 2017 Pinot Noir San Andreas Fault has a delicately played nose with touches of cinnamon stick, dried leaves, perfumed earth and a mineral vein plus rose petal perfume, red berries and black fruit sparks. The palate is light to medium-bodied with delicate intensity and well-balanced fruit and earth character, knit by grainy tannins and juicy freshness, finishing long and nuanced. (EB) Inner quote mark (12/2019)

91 points Wine & Spirits

Outer quote mark Named for the local fault line that created the jumble of ridgetop soils at Hirsch, San Andreas is a blend from the varied parcels on the estate. It’s a rich, beefy wine in 2017, its substantial black-cherry flavors needing several days to show their complexity and smoky intensity. Powerful in the best sense, and in need of decanting if you open it now, this is built for a steak. (JG) Inner quote mark (4/2020)

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2017 Hirsch "San Andreas Fault" Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

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By: Ryan Woodhouse | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 5/3/2020 | Send Email

A perennial favorite here at K&L and with many of our customers across the country. Hirsch has long been, and continues to be, a benchmark producer on the Sonoma Coast. This incredible, pioneering vineyard sits 1,500ft above Timber Cove and Fort Ross on the coast just three miles away. The vineyard is planted to a multitude of clones in a dizzying array of complex soils churned up by the San Andreas Fault that runs just half a mile from the vineyard. This bottling, named after that fault line, is a summation of the property's unique complexity taking fruit from no less than 28 individual estate blocks and intricately weaving them into this stunning bottle. Many of the vines here are seriously mature, some dating back 40 years! Much is planted to heritage clones of Pinot Noir such as Swan, Calera, and Mount Eden. The vineyard is farmed using strict organic and biodynamic principles. The 2017 release of Hirsch "San Andreas" is a wonderfully pure, elegant wine that shows fresh, spicy red fruit aromas and flavors. Cherry, bramble fruit, Pine forest floor, mulling spices. Light to medium bodied but packed with flavor and intensity. It's so energized and vibrant. Beneath all that juicy, bright, delicious fruit is a profound minerality and soil quality that would make a great bottle of Burgundy jealous. This vineyard site has such a unique and powerful sense of place. This is tasting great right now but will be a great companion for 10+ years in the cellar too. Almost forgot to mention our special pricing...what's not to love?!

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Varietal:

Pinot Noir

- One of France's most legendary grapes and the grape that earned Burgundy its reputation. The parent of varietals like Pinot Gris/Grigio and Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir is blue to violet to indigo in color with relatively thin skins, and it is said to have been cultivated in France for more than 2,000 years. At its best, Pinot Noir creates elegant wines that are filled with primary red fruit aromas and flavors while young, revealing with an array of secondary characteristics like earth, smoke, violet, truffle and game with age. The varietal is also known, perhaps better than any, for its ability to translate terroir, or a sense of place. While the best Pinot Noir still comes from Burgundy, it is being produced with increasing success in cooler climates around the world. In France, it is part of the trifecta of grapes that can go into Champagne, and it is also grown in Alsace, Irancy, Jura, Savoie, Lorraine and Sancerre. Outside of France it is produced under the names Pinot Nero and Blauburgunder in Italy's mountainous regions, as Spätburgunder in Germany and as Blauburgunder in Austria. In the US, Pinot Noir has found suitable growing conditions in the cooler parts of California, including Carneros, the Russian River Valley, the Anderson Valley, the Sonoma Coast, Monterey County, the Santa Lucia Highlands and Santa Barbara County, as well as in Oregon's Willamette Valley. In recent years, New Zealand has demonstrated its ability to interpret this hard-to-grow varietal, with successful bottlings coming from careful and attentive growers in Central Otago, Martinborough and Canterbury. Chile is also an up-and-coming region for Pinot Noir, creating fresh, fruit-forward, early-drinking and affordable Pinots from the coastal Casablanca Valley and the Limari Valley.

Country:

United States

- When people consider domestic wine, they normally think about the state of California. The fine viticultural Region within California, including the Napa Valley, Sonoma, Santa Cruz Mountains, Mendocino and Santa Barbara, are capable of growing grapes of world-class quality. But there's plenty of fabulous wine coming from other states, too. Oregon, Washington and New York are also causing eyebrows (and glassware) to be raised around the world.

Sub-Region:

California

- With the explosive growth that California's wine industry has seen the past several years, it's easy to view winemaking and grape growing in the Golden State as a recent phenomenon. And while it's true that California's viticultural history is brief compared to several European countries, this state's roots date back well over 200 years. Due to the enormous response to California wine within the United States and worldwide, there are thousands of excellent and diverse wines being produced within the state each year.

Specific Appellation:

Sonoma County

- Second in fame only to Napa, this "other" valley offers just about every climate and topography imaginable. From its cool and fog-enshrouded coastal regions on the far west, to the sprawling Alexander Valley on the boarder of Napa and the many little dips and peaks in between, Sonoma has been a vital wine-grape-growing region since the mid 1800s. Important sub-AVAs include Chalk Hill (known for chardonnay and sauvignon blanc), Dry Creek Valley (where zin is king) Knights Valley (largely cabernet land), Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast (both celebrated pinot and chardonnay zones).

Alcohol Content (%):

13.7