2018 The Hilt Vanguard Pinot Noir
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Spiced black raspberries, spicy oak, black tea, and underbrush notes all emerge from the 2018 Pinot Noir Vanguard. This beauty is medium to full-bodied, beautifully balanced, gorgeously textured, and just a killer bottle of wine.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2018 Pinot Noir Vanguard is a deep, pliant wine. Sweet red/purplish berry fruit, lavender, rose petal, mint and sweet spice infuse the 2018 with striking depth and plenty of textural resonance that just grows with time in the glass. Bold and generous, this inviting Pinot has so much to recommend it.
About the producer

The Hilt is the Santa Rita Hills project owned by sports and property mogul billionaire Stan Kroenke, who also owns Screaming Eagle in Napa Valley and the Jonata estate in the California’s Ballard Canyon AVA.