2017 Hirsch San Andreas Fault Pinot Noir

Aromatic, intense and energising biodynamic Pinot Noir from rural northern California.

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The San Andreas Fault Pinot is Hirsch's flagship blended wine, a mix of 28 vineyard plots across the 72 acres of biodynamic vineyard and farm land.

Pale brick red in colour with explosive fresh red fruit and spice aromas. Gently intense palate that will need time in glass or bottle to fully reveal itself. Super fine, and featherweight in feel, with attractive sandy tannins. Some undergrowthy, mulchy notes just starting to emerge, with more to come.

Winemaking literally on the edge - the Fault itself is only half a mile from the vineyards...

The 2017 San Andreas Fault Estate Pinot Noir is characterized by red fruit intermingled with an earthy complexity, supple tannins, and a juicy fruit character. This is an ideal wine for drinking at any point over the next ten years: it is wonderfully open and expressive already, with the acidity and backbone to age.


The San Andreas Fault is Hirsch Vineyards’ signature Pinot Noir and is crafted to represent the entirety of this multifaceted vineyard. The 2017 San Andreas Fault has fruit from 28 distinct farming blocks. It is the flagship wine from Hirsch, and the wine that represents the summation of our complex vineyard.


Over 37 years of farming and winemaking on the True Sonoma Coast, David Hirsch’s accumulated wisdom has shown us that the dominant influence on our farming and winemaking is the San Andreas Fault, which lies just half a mile from the Hirsch Vineyard. The wine that captures the complexity, power and energy of this geologic phenomenon is our San Andreas Fault Estate Pinot Noir, the wine that David calls “the Hirsch Hirsch”.

93 Points - "A homage to the great fault line near Hirsch, this pinot has a brambly, rich array of red cherries and some blue-fruit notes with fresh, sappy, forest aromas, too. The palate has plenty of punchy tannin and forthright, fresh, unwavering drive.
Drink or hold.” - James Suckling (JamesSuckling.com)

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