2023 Hirsch Vineyards 'East Ridge' Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, USA Walter Scott 11 months on its skins

11 months on its skins in large amphoras makes the wine an intense orange color

then aged in neutral French oak for 8 months

Traditional wood barrels

The palate has loads of dark red fruit flavors boosted by scintillating minerality and silken folds of acidity

unfiltered and bottled without additional SO2

2023 Hirsch Vineyards 'East Ridge' Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, USA Walter Scott 11 months on its skinsThe 2023 Hirsch East Ridge Estate Pinot Noir is a selection of the very best barrels from the finest and most expressive blocks on the East Ridge. Years of intense biodynamic soil care have helped restore vigor and energy to the old vines. In addition, the newer plantings on the East Ridge are now coming up on twenty years of age, and they are able to play a larger role in the blend. The result is wines of greater ripeness than in prior years,