2021 Hyde Vineyard Pinot Noir
98 points
Wine Enthusiast
This iconic site consistently delivers one of the most elegant and refined Pinots in our portfolio. Black tea, licorice, dried rose petal and five spice powder weaves through strikingly vivid kaleidoscopic impressions of fresh red cherry, blackberry, pomegranate and kirsch. Crisp, fresh acidity flows and supports the energetic but rich palate resolving to an array of finely grained tannin. Firm and structured in its youth, this superb wine has the balance, the fruit and the finesse and texture to reward many years of patient cellaring.
2021 will be remembered as a challenging year, with record low rainfall producing smaller vine growth and very low yields of very small berries. 2021 is also a remarkably fine vintage with many wines performing near their best in quality. The young 2021 wines are showing great promise as intensely concentrated, complex wines, sure to give pleasurable drinking for years to come.
Purchased by Larry Hyde in 1979, and planted two years later, this renowned property is cultivated as 44 distinct blocks, and includes a veritable who’s who of the finest Pinot Noir clones. Our Hyde Vineyard Pinot comes from three small blocks within the larger Hyde Vineyard. These blocks spotlight new and older plantings of the famous Hyde-Calera selection, and include coveted grapes from the “old field,” which was planted in 1999.
100% Burgundian French oak barrels (45% New, 55% 1 & 2 year old). All 3-year air dried staves
Bottled without finning or filtration to preserve the wine’s aromas and flavors and enhance aging potential
This wine is Vegan
- Type:
- Red
- Varietal:
- Pinot Noir
- Region:
- California
- Appellation:
- Carneros
- Vintage:
- 2021
- Blend:
- 100% Hyde-Calera Selection Pinot Noir
- Aging:
- Aged 16 months on fine lees
- Alcohol:
- 14.5%
- Fermentation:
- Multi-yeast fermentations (native yeast, followed by cultured yeast); 100% Malo-lactic fermentation in barrel