{"product_id":"hirsch-vineyards-pinot-noir-west-ridge-2023","title":"Hirsch Vineyards, Pinot Noir West Ridge, 2023","description":"At 12.5% alcohol, the 2023 West Ridge is Hirsch's lightest-bodied Pinot Noir, made in the coolest, longest growing season the estate has seen in decades. That's exactly why it's worth stashing away. Budbreak came four to six weeks late, harvest was the latest since the 1990s, and the grapes got fully ripe at low sugar levels. The result is a wine the Hirsch team says has an Old World quality, and a pointed answer to anyone who thinks California Pinot has to be big. The heart of the wine is Block 7, planted in 1992 with massale cuttings David Hirsch took from Mount Eden Vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains. That lineage goes back to the Burgundy cuttings Paul Masson brought over in the late 1800s. These biodynamically farmed vines grow in heavy black clay that stresses them and holds back their vigor, less than three miles from the Pacific in the Fort Ross-Seaview AVA. Light doesn't mean fleeting: West Ridge ages surprisingly well (David Hirsch calls the mature wine \"romantic\"), and the family compares this vintage to its 2010, saying it can age into something ethereal and fragrant. Give it two to three years in the cellar, or if you can't wait, a few hours of air.","brand":"Skurnik [MSK]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692564484153,"sku":"NYC-W-MSK-`US-HIR-51-23`-100726-6","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/IMG-4884.jpg?v=1791486590","url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/hirsch-vineyards-pinot-noir-west-ridge-2023","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}