2009 | Paul Hobbs Winery | Hyde Vineyard Pinot Noir

Red Wine: 2009 | Paul Hobbs Winery | Hyde Vineyard Pinot Noir

Deep ruby. Expressive aromas of raspberry, candied cherry, dried flowers and spicecake, with an intense mineral overtone. Creamy and sweet, offering energetic red berry and bitter cherry flavors, an exotic rose pastille quality and a strong impression of umami-like saltiness.

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Producer: Paul Hobbs Winery

Ratings: WA | 95 WS | 93

Vintage: 2009

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.8%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: United States, Carneros

Deep ruby. Expressive aromas of raspberry, candied cherry, dried flowers and spicecake, with an intense mineral overtone. Creamy and sweet, offering energetic red berry and bitter cherry flavors, an exotic rose pastille quality and a strong impression of umami-like saltiness. Presents a fat-free red fruit expression and hints of herbs and minerality on the long, precise finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2009 Pinot Noir Hyde Vineyard emerges from the glass with dark red fruit, spices, tobacco, new leather and licorice. This is a fleshy, generous Pinot loaded with class and pedigree. The flavors build effortlessly to the rich, textured finish. This is a gorgeous showing.

• Wine Spectator: Rich, with dark berry fruit, but also elegant and detailed. Dense, with blackberry, wild berry, spice, mineral and floral scents that are full-bodied and expansive on the palate, ending with a pleasing mix of mineral and loamy earth.

Producer Information

Paul Hobbs Winery was founded in 1991 by established winemaking consultant Paul Hobbs. Located in Sebastopol in Sonoma County, the winery specializes in single-vineyard varietal wines made from Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Chardonnay. Hobbs already had an impressive resum as a consultant before establishing his own winery, which has gone on to receive significant critical recognition. Hobbs started his career working for Robert Mondavi in 1978, and was involved with the creation of Opus One the collaboration between Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild of the Bordeaux first growth Mouton Rothschild. Hobbs consulted with Simi Winery and championed the Argentinian wine industry while at Bodega Catena Zapata. The connections Hobbs made throughout this period allowed his winery project to achieve financing in a difficult period when California was suffering from the effects of phylloxera in the early 1990s. The winery primarily bottles four grape varieties sourced from a number of vineyards in Sonoma County and Napa Valley: Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Chardonnay. It makes numerous single-vineyard wines, along with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines from the Russian River Valley and a Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley. The 2002 Paul Hobbs To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon was awarded 100 points in Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, and the 2008 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir was named in the top ten of Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines in 2010.