Harrington 2003 Pinot Noir, Hirsch Vineyard

Vineyard Notes:
For lovers of great Pinot Noir, wines made from the Hirsch Vineyard have provided a benchmark for California grape growers/winemakers. For two decades, David Hirsch has been nurturing Pinot Noir grapes with intelligence, passion and care. This single-minded pursuit has given a few lucky winemakers the opportunity to create wines which express the wild character of these very special ridgetops on the Sonoma Coast.

Winemaker Tasting Notes:
Medium ruby in color, the wine offers up an inticing nose of star anise, baking spices, and earth, opening up with a round mouth-filling attack of juicy black raspberry fruit. The wine begins to exhibit it's full, firm masculine structural component in the midpalate which then dissolves into a focused and lingering finish of orange peel and spicecake. This wine can be enjoyed upon opening, but an hour or two of exposure to the air will help this wine to develop further nuance.

Technical Notes:

Appellation:	Sonoma Coast
Harvest Dates:	October 7 and 18, 2003
Bottle Date:	August, 2004
Oak/Cooperage:	10 months in Francois Freres, Gillet, D&J
Clones:	Mt. Eden and 777
Alcohol:	14%