Hirsch Vineyards - Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir 2023 (750ml)
Price: $54.99
| Producer | Hirsch Vineyards |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 205628 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Hirsch Vineyards Description
Earthquake terroir: Half a mile to the west and ten miles underground runs the San Andreas Fault, where the Pacific and North American plates collide, pushing and pulling the land toward the creeks and sea. This geologic upheaval has gifted us a haphazard arrangement of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary soils, as well as dramatic and highly changeable topography. In response, we’ve parcelled our 72 acre vineyard into 67 individual farming blocks, a degree of fragmentation unmatched even by the famously subdivided vineyards of Burgundy’s Côte de Nuits. This complexity defines our farming and winemaking practices.
From our first planting in 1980, a philosophy of viticulture has been slowly evolving that is specific to Hirsch Vineyards. Just as our Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines, influenced by the local environmental conditions, have grown and adapted to the site, we have learned to work out an appropriate cultural approach by trial and error in the field. Our vineyard manager of more than thirty years, Everardo Robledo, has been an integral part of this process. He is the leader of our farming team, all of whom live on the ranch, just as David, Marie, and Jasmine do. Living here allows us all to internalize the rhythms of nature, and foresee and respond to weather events in real time.
Our intention in making a rosé at Hirsch Vineyards is to capture the character of Hirsch Pinot Noir, in rosé form. Our Estate Rosé is a true Hirsch wine, and a different lens into our site. This is a vinous, savory and textural wine, with great depth and personality. The winemaking process for the Rosé is very similar to how we make our Estate Chardonnay, and quite unusual for rosé.
Tasting Note: The color is a gorgeous flamingo pink. The nose is a delight, with subtle notes of peaches, orange blossom, citrus zest and honeydew melon. The palate is savory, with a core of fruit that is both concentrated and lively. This is a structured, textural wine, enlivened with a juiciness that evokes watermelon agua fresca. Altogether a deeply pleasurable wine to drink, yet still possessing complexity and refinement.
Wine Advocate: 93 Points
The 2023 Rosé of Pinot Noir is the third iteration of rosé from Hirsch. Fruit is picked, “a bit riper than is normal for rosé,” Jasmine Hirsch and consulting winemaker Michael Cruse explain. Grapes are destemmed and soaked on skins for 24 hours before pressing. It is fermented in barrel without malolactic conversion and bottled the summer after the harvest. “For rosé, that extremely extended winemaking process is necessary to achieve the result we want,” they explain. It has a medium salmon-pink color and takes several minutes in the glass to reveal yellow peach, cantaloupe, green herbs and musky floral perfume. The medium-bodied palate is ripe and textural with full, concentrated flavors. Its generosity is balanced by soft, juicy acidity, and it has a long, flavorful finish.
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