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The January 2024 Auction: Part 4
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Estimate: $110
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"The Hilt's 2017 Pinot Noir Old Guard is soaring and stratospheric in its beauty. Positively riveting in the glass, the 2017 is laced with gorgeous aromatics and captivating precision throughout. Dark red/purplish berry fruit, blood orange, wild flowers, mint and lavender all open up with air, but it is the wine's overall balance that is simply breathtaking. The 2017 is translucent, expressive and simply majestic. There is not much more that I can add. Vineyard sites are 80% Sanford & Benedict and 20% Radian. Matt Dees and his team continue to make superb wines at their three Santa Barbara wineries: Jonata, The Hilt, and The Paring. This year, I was especially impressed by the 2017 Pinots, as they are so outstanding, not just on their own, but relative to peers ..."
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"The Hilt's 2017 Pinot Noir Old Guard is soaring and stratospheric in its beauty. Positively riveting in the glass, the 2017 is laced with gorgeous aromatics and captivating precision throughout. Dark red/purplish berry fruit, blood orange, wild flowers, mint and lavender all open up with air, but it is the wine's overall balance that is simply breathtaking. The 2017 is translucent, expressive and simply majestic. There is not much more that I can add. Vineyard sites are 80% Sanford & Benedict and 20% Radian. Matt Dees and his team continue to make superb wines at their three Santa Barbara wineries: Jonata, The Hilt, and The Paring. This year, I was especially impressed by the 2017 Pinots, as they are so outstanding, not just on their own, but relative to peers ..."
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The fourth-largest wine producer in the world, led by California. American fine wine is defined by ripe, expressive fruit and a spirit of innovation, with Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon among the most sought-after wines globally.
A thin-skinned, terroir-sensitive red producing perfumed, silky and elegant wines of red-berry fruit and earthy complexity. It reaches its apogee in Burgundy.