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Walter Hansel Estate Pinot Noir South Slope Vineyard 2022 (750ml)
Price: $59.99
Sale Price: $46.99
| Producer | Walter Hansel Estate Pinot Noir South Slope Vineyard |
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| Country | United States |
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| Region | California |
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| Subregion | Russian River Valley |
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| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
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| Vintage | 2022 |
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| Sku | 00207 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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Rated 93 Points by Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Pale to medium ruby-purple in color, the 2016 Pinot Noir South Slope displays a very fruity nose of crushed blackberries and raspberries with delicate hints of smoked meats, tar and dusty soil with a waft of red roses. Medium-bodied, tightly wound and with a very lively line of acid, it has a firm, grainy texture and long mineral-laced finish.
Rated 93 Points by Vinous
The 2016 Pinot Noir The South Slope Vineyard is broad, ample and creamy, within the mid-weight style of the year. As is the case with all of these Pinots, the South Slope boasts terrific fruit presence and density. One of the most immediate and giving of these wines today.
Walter Hansel The South Slope Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016
Pinot Noir from Russian River, Sonoma County, California
Vintage: 2016
Country: United State of America
Region: California
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Appellation: Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
Alcohol: 14.5%
The South Slope
The South Slope begins at the highest elevation and the furthest South of all of our Vineyards blocks. It slopes from South to North about 45 feet and its soils are predominantly sandy loam. The berry size is medium with a high berry count giving cluster weight that has yields approaching 2 1/4 tons/acre (our highest yields). It is 100% French clone 777, and tends to show its earthy side far more than our other clones. Although this wine definitely has a French origin, each year it becomes more and more new world.
Organic: Practicing
Vineyard: Walter Hansel Estate Vineyards South Slope block
Orientation: Gentle North Facing Slope
Soil: Goldridge Loam Soils
Viticulture: Sustainably Farmed
Vinification: The Pinot Noir is destemmed and the whole berries are gravity fed into open top fermenters. Native yeast fermentations
Aging: Aged all in French oak with approximately 50% new
