2016 Pinot Noir Hyde Vineyard
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The 2016 Pinot Noir Hyde Vineyard is powerful and savory, with a host of earthy and soil-driven tones that give the wine its distinctive personality. Dried herbs, tobacco, cedar and wild cherry are all nicely supported by a beam of insistent tannins that shapes the wine. As always the Hyde is especially brooding in feel.
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Medium to deep ruby-purple colored, the 2016 Pinot Noir Hyde Vineyard hits the ground running with bold earthy notes of mossy bark, tilled soil and fungi over a core of red and black cherries, cranberries and Provence herbs plus a touch of lavender. The wonderfully vibrant, medium to full-bodied palate has a fine-grained frame and compelling freshness, finishing minerally and with bags of finesse. 662 cases were made.
The 2016 Pinot Noir Hyde Vineyard is powerful, dense and savory, with all of the signatures of this site very much in evidence. Inky fruit, leather, earthiness and smoke flesh out in this decidedly virile, imposing Pinot.
About the producer
Paul Hobbs is one of California wine’s biggest names. Twice named Wine Personality of the Year by Robert Parker, he joined Robert Mondavi in 1977, worked at Opus One and Simi before setting up his eponymous winery in 1991.