This is still youthful with wonderful ripe dark cherry fruit and superb freshness and grip. It actually needed a good hour open to calm down and show perfect balance with a wonderful mineral complexity on the cherry-spice infused finish. The Hirsch Vineyard is one of WS's most consistently excellent bottlings for aging.
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At a great spot age wise, mature red pinot fruit, some savory spice, doubt this will improve further, for me most identifiable with older Arcadian pinot as it has an animalistic quality to the fruit, high toned and savory but not quite earthy/sous bois. Very enjoyable.
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PnP. Medium red. High toned almost floral savory nose of red fruits and spice, especially sage. Red fruits and spice on the palate w good intensity; seems a bit lacking in the Hirsch iron/Gevrey flavors but good penetrance and length on the finish. Very good showing at age 11.
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7/11/2023 - Sperls Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very nice mature CA Pinot. Cherry cola, hint of sweetness and spice and a little savoriness, medium finish.
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2/23/2021 - wineoracle Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark red color. Cherries, raspberries, and other red fruits along with herbs and spice. Nice slightly tannic finish. Surprisingly youthful.
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10/25/2020 - dream Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is still youthful with wonderful ripe dark cherry fruit and superb freshness and grip. It actually needed a good hour open to calm down and show perfect balance with a wonderful mineral complexity on the cherry-spice infused finish. The Hirsch Vineyard is one of WS's most consistently excellent bottlings for aging.
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11/6/2019 - Vinophiliac559 wrote: 92 Points
At a great spot age wise, mature red pinot fruit, some savory spice, doubt this will improve further, for me most identifiable with older Arcadian pinot as it has an animalistic quality to the fruit, high toned and savory but not quite earthy/sous bois. Very enjoyable.
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9/6/2019 - rosenst1 wrote: 92 Points
PnP. Medium red. High toned almost floral savory nose of red fruits and spice, especially sage. Red fruits and spice on the palate w good intensity; seems a bit lacking in the Hirsch iron/Gevrey flavors but good penetrance and length on the finish. Very good showing at age 11.
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