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2018 Paul Hobbs "Hyde Vineyard" Carneros Pinot Noir (1.5L)

2018 Paul Hobbs "Hyde Vineyard" Carneros Pinot Noir (1.5L)

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Jeb Dunnuck

Review Date: 05/2020

rom the Carneros region in the southern part of the valley, the 2018 Pinot Noir Hyde Vineyard gives up a Burgundian bouquet of black cherries, mulberries, smoked earth, and candied violets. It shows more and more floral tones with time in the glass and is beautifully textured, medium to full-bodied, and has silky tannins. It's terrific today, yet it has a solid spine of acidity that's going to allow it to evolve gracefully for a solid decade or more. This cuvée was just about all destemmed (there are 8% stems) and spent 15 months in 53% new French oak.

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Wine Advocate

Review Date: 06/2020
The 2018 Pinot Noir Hyde Vineyard has beautiful expression this vintage, with delicate aromas of lilac, bay leaf, orange peel and warm blueberries with a core of pure red and black berry fruit. The medium-bodied palate is satiny and nuanced, all polish and class, with a long, juicy finish. (EB)

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James Suckling

Review Date: 01/2020
This is very layered, yet there is an agile and lively edge to the wine. Medium-to full-bodied, creamy and chewy. Flavorful finish. Tight now. Give it two to three years of bottle age.

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Vinous

Review Date: 01/2020
The 2018 Pinot Noir Hyde Vineyard is unusually refined this year. The savory, earthy notes typical of Hyde are present, and yet the wine has an extra kick of polish that helps to balance what are sometimes slightly rustic qualities. Elegant and polished, the 2018 is light on its feet and impeccable in its balance. It is also one of the finest Hyde Pinots I can remember tasting from Paul Hobbs
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Notes

Bottled in magnum, this is Hobbs' single-vineyard Pinot Noir from Hyde Vineyard, a seminal Carneros estate farmed by Larry Hyde on the Napa side of the appellation. Hobbs has worked with Hyde fruit for decades, and this bottling sits among the winery's vineyard-designate Pinot Noir releases.

Product Details

Origin: Carneros, California, United States

Type/Varietal: Pinot Noir

SKU: #2009235