Hirsch San Andreas Fault S. Coast Pinot Noir 2022Varietal: Pinot Noir The San Andreas Fault Estate Pinot Noir is the flagship wine from Hirsch, and the wine that represents the summation of our complex vineyard. David Hirsch says if you drink only one of our wines this should be it. Perched on a ridge overlooking the Pacific Ocean at Fort Ross, Hirsch Vineyards is the birth ground of great pinot noir on the extreme Sonoma Coast. David Hirsch founded the vineyard in 1980 to grow fruit and make site

resulting in a spontaneous

The Januik Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is made from a short list of vineyards considered to be among the best in the state

Cabernet Franc (40%)

This wine has a great texture that ultimately finishes with round

as well as to several other great figures

and wet rock bordering the forest fill the bowl

low yields

Carignan and Cinsault

supported by firm tannins and dusty-earth accents that are hallmarks of the Rutherford Bench

This is an elegant

In fact their vineyard soil makeup is far more akin to the soils of the Côte des Bars region than it is to the Côte d’Or

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