2018 Paul Hobbs Pinot Noir Goldrock Estate
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The 2018 Pinot Noir Goldrock Estate has a medium ruby-purple color and is shy to begin, revealing hints of fresh cranberries, tar, blackberries, blood orange and oolong tea leaves. The medium-bodied palate is packed with juicy fruits, wrapped in a fresh, silky frame and finishing very long. 801 cases produced.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Coming from a vineyard on the Sonoma Coast, the 2018 Pinot Noir Goldrock Estate reveals a deeper ruby hue to go with ripe, sexy notes of black raspberries, toasted spices, orange blossom, and violets. It's a rich, sweetly fruited, plush beauty with ripe tannins, beautiful overall balance, and great finish. This gorgeous wine shows how good 2018 was for Pinot Noir. It’s one of the richer, more powerful efforts from the Sonoma Coast.
The 2018 Pinot Noir Goldrock Estate is the most powerful and structured of the 2018 Pinots. Readers will want to cellar it for at least a few years, as the tannins are pretty imposing at this stage. A wine of tremendous persistence, the 2018 is dark and virile, with a phenomenally long finish laced with hints of savory herbs, lavender and graphite. The fruit starts to emerge with time in the glass, but the 2018 will be even better with further time in bottle.
About the producer
Paul Hobbs is one of California wine’s biggest names. Twice named Wine Personality of the Year by Robert Parker, he joined Robert Mondavi in 1977, worked at Opus One and Simi before setting up his eponymous winery in 1991.