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Hirsch Vineyards San Andreas Fault Pinot Noir 2014
Royal St. Robert Cuvee is named in the honor of their grandfather who taught us to be committed to excellence. This bottling is a selection of their finest barrels to represent this world class site in wine. The cuvee comes 100% from a cool hillside vineyard just north west of Freestone on the Sonoma Coast. Fresh cut wild strawberries fill the bowl with sweet resin, white tea, thyme, forest floor and rose petals. The texture is rich, complex with silky fine-grained tannins leading to a long sumptuous finish.
Ratings on Delectable
Lyle Fass 
Founder Fass Selections
It’s got that CA profile. Dusty earth and tooti frooti but also has some good spice. But yea, that CA profile. Elegant, sweet and balanced. Not big but small and pure. Nice.
It’s got that CA profile. Dusty earth and tooti frooti but also has some good spice. But yea, that CA profile. Elegant, sweet and balanced. Not big but small and pure. Nice.
9.2
Matt Duncan
Went too quick!
Went too quick!
9.2
Brad Hemmer
Cherry cola, cranberry, dried floral, a little bolder than expected but gives it a little extra body. Nice acidity that provides for long tasty finish.
Cherry cola, cranberry, dried floral, a little bolder than expected but gives it a little extra body. Nice acidity that provides for long tasty finish.
9.3
John Howard
Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries
Still lively. Fun to help make this one.
Still lively. Fun to help make this one.
9.4Cathy Corison
Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery
Half bottle. Sang with the salmon. Complex aromatics. Balance between prettiness and concentration. Cranberries and cherries.
Half bottle. Sang with the salmon. Complex aromatics. Balance between prettiness and concentration. Cranberries and cherries.
9.3Matt Perlman
Popped alongside a Kosta Brown RRV Pinot for stylistic contrast. Basically a cross section of the Hirsch estate so it combines cool and coastal plots with warm and sunny. Elegant, ethereal and floral/earth tones driven, with bright red cherry fruit peeking out. 5 years in bottle has really eased what I recall had been a fairly taut structure
Popped alongside a Kosta Brown RRV Pinot for stylistic contrast. Basically a cross section of the Hirsch estate so it combines cool and coastal plots with warm and sunny. Elegant, ethereal and floral/earth tones driven, with bright red cherry fruit peeking out. 5 years in bottle has really eased what I recall had been a fairly taut structure
9.3
Ryan Mullins
Opening beautifully
Opening beautifully
9.3
Matt
This was great for a spring duck dish. I hate to say it’s light, but it is, in a very pleasing way. The acid drives the show, the mid-palate is lively and shows a light extraction. Bones, no flesh. Pure, limpid, tight. Palate is precise and inviting. Tart cranberry, brook cherry, blood orange, ferns, wet earth, pepper, allspice.
This was great for a spring duck dish. I hate to say it’s light, but it is, in a very pleasing way. The acid drives the show, the mid-palate is lively and shows a light extraction. Bones, no flesh. Pure, limpid, tight. Palate is precise and inviting. Tart cranberry, brook cherry, blood orange, ferns, wet earth, pepper, allspice.
9.0
Marc Stubblefield
Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant
Beautiful Sonoma Pinot, but missing some of the electric, acid and herbal tension that I find in my preferred Sonoma Coast wines. Although this wine is still very young, there's no denying that it's bigger and broader than it has been in past vintages. Not necessarily a bad thing - it just puts it in a different box for me.
Beautiful Sonoma Pinot, but missing some of the electric, acid and herbal tension that I find in my preferred Sonoma Coast wines. Although this wine is still very young, there's no denying that it's bigger and broader than it has been in past vintages. Not necessarily a bad thing - it just puts it in a different box for me.
9.0
Bill Bender
Unlike the '14 Rivers Marie PN I posted last week this open for business and taking reservations now. 90 minute decant. Pure red fruits, red currant, smoke.
Unlike the '14 Rivers Marie PN I posted last week this open for business and taking reservations now. 90 minute decant. Pure red fruits, red currant, smoke.
9.3
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