2023 Hirsch Pinot Noir The Family Blend

A bright ruby hue, the 2023 Pinot Noir The Family Blend is a more floral wine in this vintage and comes from the estate vineyards. It’s a pretty wine with notes of fresh raspberries, rose petals, dusty earth, and white pepper. The palate is refreshing and snappy, with a medium-bodied frame and a zesty, mouthwatering finish. It’s a lovely counterpoint to the more savory nature of the Bohan-Dillon. Drink 2025-2035. The current releases from Jasmine Hirsch include a first look at her 2023s, as well as the release of the 2022 single vineyard wines, which she holds back an additional year. While 2022 falls broadly into the category of a warm vintage for Sonoma, she notes that despite this being categorized as a vintage noted for its heat, they did not experience any notable heat until September. It never got above 92 degrees at Hirsch in August, and they had picked 70% of the fruit by Labor Day. (The peak was 108 degrees over Labor Day weekend.) For her, the yields were the defining factor in the concentration and density of the 2022 vintage.