2017 Hartford Court Pinot Noir Fiddlestix
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Lastly, the 2017 Pinot Noir Fiddlestix Vineyard reveals a similar translucent ruby/plum color and offers a more gamey, herbal style in its darker currant and cherry fruits as well as notes of leafy herbs, earth, and briny minerality. Medium-bodied, beautifully balanced, and elegant on the palate, it has a more rounded texture and a great finish. Drink it over the coming 7-8 years of so.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2017 Pinot Noir Fiddlestix Vineyard is pretty, floral and quite savory. Cedar, tobacco, dried herbs, mint and earthy notes all develop nicely with a bit of air. Time in the glass releases some of the wilder, gamier notes that are typical of this Sta. Rita Hills site.
Pale to medium ruby-purple colored 2017 Pinot Noir Fiddlestix Vineyard opens a little broody, slowly revealing notions of black tea, tar and tilled soil over a core of black raspberries, Black Forest cake and dried herbs plus a waft of yeast extract. Medium-bodied, the palate takes a little dip in the middle with a light chew of tannins and finishes on a savory note. 197 cases were made.