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2015 Pinot Noir Fraenkle Cheshier Vineyard

Wine Details
Producer

Paul Hobbs

Place of Origin

United States

Russian River Valley

Sonoma

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

Vintages
2021202020192018201720162015
Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2020 - 2030

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This is a positively stellar set of wines from Paul Hobbs. Readers will find two new Pinots from the Sonoma Coast in 2016, and the first release of the Fraenkle-Cheshier Pinot in 2015.

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Paul Hobbs describes 2015 as year with a cold, wet May that resulted in an irregular set that in turn lowered yields by about 30%. There were some late season spikes, but nowhere near as severe as they were in neighboring Napa Valley. Cool nights helped preserve acids through to what was a very early harvest that started a full week ahead of 2014, which at the time was a record-early harvest. Paul Hobbs fans will want to make note of a new Pinot Noir, the Fraenkle-Cheshier, which emerges from a cool site in the Sebastopol Hills. The debut vintage is impressive. The 2014 Chardonnays and Pinots have pretty much turned out as expected.