| Producer | Paul Hobbs |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Sonoma Coast |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 17785 |
| Size | 750ml |
The 2021 Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir is a succulent, racy, and fabulously layered Pinot that explodes from the glass with mouth-filling black cherry, wild berry, and spiced strawberry jam character laced with hints of violets, Asian spice, cola, and mineral earth tones that take this beauty to dizzying heights. This is one seriously delicious Pinot that is fresh and complex with a wonderfully pristine texture. We are talking about all hand-harvested fruit from sustainably farmed vineyards. This gem is made using only native yeast fermentation in small open-topped tanks followed by 9 months of sur-lie aging in all French oak with only 9% new barrels to preserve the quality of the fruit. The wine was bottled unfiltered and displays vibrant, juicy, and wild complexity with exotic aromas!
The 2021 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) is a huge overachiever. Bright, punchy and super-expressive, the 2021 offers up boisterous red/purplish fruit. Lavender, rose petal, spice and mint are all dialed up in this heady, explosive Pinot. Readers will have a very hard time finding a Pinot with this much quality for the money. All of the fruit is estate. I am not sure I have ever tasted a California Pinot this good for $40 a bottle.
The 2021 Pinot Noir is made from 100% estate fruit this year. Bottled under screw cap, it takes a minute or two to reveal cranberry sauce, baked rhubarb, red cherries and mint with touches of mushroom and mossy bark. The light-bodied palate is chalky and refreshing with concentrated, earthy fruit, and it has a satisfying finish that draws you in for another sip.
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