Producer · California, USA

Hirsch Vineyards

David Hirsch was one of the true pioneers of the far Sonoma Coast, planting Pinot Noir in 1980 on remote ridges above the Pacific where nobody thought serious vineyards belonged. The San Andreas Fault runs right through the property, fracturing the soils into a patchwork the family farms block by block.

Hirsch fruit became so sought-after that many of California's finest Pinot makers queued for it; the family's own wines show why. Cool, structured and intensely mineral, this is American Pinot Noir of genuine world class.

Winery at Cazadero, Sonoma Coast · Pinot Noir · £184.95 a bottle