Walter Hansel Russian River Valley Estate Pinot Noir 2019 COTES DE PROVENCE Prie Blanc Valle D'Aosta Valle

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Is crisp and clean with hints of citrus

with 50-year-old vines in granite-inflected soils of clay-limestone

the winery owns 15 sites totaling 560 vineyard acres in Carneros

Walter Hansel Russian River Valley Estate Pinot Noir 2019 COTES DE PROVENCE Prie Blanc Valle D'Aosta ValleThe 2019 Pinot Noir The Estate Vineyard is bright, aromatic and wonderfully translucent. Always a great introduction to these wines, the Estate in 2019 is especially perfumed and nuanced. Crushed rose petal, mint and sweet red berry fruit are all finely cut. The 2019 is a bit more restrained than in most vintages, but the Russian River has so much natural exuberance, so that contrast works so well here.