MAGNUM - 2013 Hirsch 'Reserve' Estate Pinot Noir

David Hirsch dreamed for many years of making a reserve pinot noir from his vines. Since our first Reserve in 2009, we have endeavored to capture the most complete and powerful expression of the Hirsch Vineyard through selecting the very best and oldest parcels for this wine.

The 2013 Reserve possesses juicy, transparent fruit intermingled with savory notes; the tannins are delicate and subtle. This is an elegant wine, with complex notes of pomegranate, cherry juice and earth. Drink now or hold for a few more years.

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 blocks cover an area of 72 acres, resulting in a degree of fragmentation that is unmatched even by the famously subdivided vineyards of the Côte 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 throughout fermentation and élevage, and to select only the finest barrels from the best vineyard blocks for the Hirsch Reserve Pinot Noir.