2022 Hirsch 'Reserve' Estate Pinot Noir

David Hirsch dreamed for many years of making a Reserve Pinot Noir from his vineyard. Since our first Reserve in 2009, we have endeavored to capture the most complete and powerful expression of the Hirsch Vineyard through selecting our finest and oldest vineyard blocks for this wine.

The 2022 Reserve continues this tradition, bringing together the finest barrels from the vintage, from our oldest and most compelling vineyard blocks.

Winemaking

Lying adjacent to the great San Andreas Fault on the extreme western Sonoma Coast, Hirsch Vineyards is a single vineyard comprised of 61 distinct farming blocks. These 61 blocks cover an area of 72 acres, a degree of fragmentation that is unmatched even by the famously subdivided vineyards of the Cote de Nuits. Each block was individually developed and planted based on soil, exposure and topography, and each is farmed, harvested and vinified separately. This process enables us to evaluate each farming block separately, and to select only the most expressive vineyard blocks for the Hirsch Reserve Pinot Noir.

Tasting Notes

A powerful expression of the Hirsch Vineyard selected from our very best and oldest vineyard blocks, the 2022 Reserve is a serious and classic expression of Pinot Noir, with great focus, refinement and intensity. A complex nose of Bing cherries, cranberry, resin, plum skin, wet stone and earth enliven a mouth-filling palate, with great continuity and length.

We recommend cellaring this wine for a few years before drinking.