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Walter Hansel Pinot Noir North Slope 2016  - First Bottle

Reviews

94 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
The 2016 Pinot Noir The North Slope is medium ruby-purple in color and scented of crushed red plums, mulberries and black cherries with touches of baking spices, violets and underbrush. Medium to full-bodied, it offers bags of rich berry flavors in the mouth with a sexy, plush texture and scintillating freshness, finishing long.
94 Vinous -
The 2016 Pinot Noir The North Slope Vineyard is polished, succulent and refined. Bright red and purplish fruit, blood orange, spice and rose petal notes are all woven together in this very pretty, mid-weight Pinot. The North Slope is pliant and supple, like all these wines are, but with notable finesse.

Technical Details

  • BlendPinot Noir
  • CountryUS
  • RegionCalifornia North Coast
  • AppellationRussian River Valley
  • VineyardNorth Slope
  • Alcohol14.5%

Walter Hansel Pinot Noir North Slope 2016

Pinot Noir  |  US
WA94, VN94

Too late, we are SOLD OUT!

Is there a winery that overdelivers more than Hansel? We think not!! The NEW North Slope is here, not to mention the awesome 94+ Cuvee Alyce Chardonnay --- these are no-brainer buys in a full-on style that tastes like something 2-3 times the price. How do they do it??


Just a few of the critics words on the pinot: ”...polished, succulent and refined...offers bags of rich berry flavors in the mouth with a sexy, plush texture and scintillating freshness...pliant and supple, like all these wines are, but with notable finesse…” We go through a case a year at least at our house, because these wine are such massive crowd-pleasers --- EVERYONE can get into them. So lush, so complex and satisfying!


While they last…!

About the Producer

"My father, Walter, loved to grow everything from kiwi to oriental pears and more. In the 1970's he enlisted my help to plant 257 chardonnay vines. Throughout the 1980's our entire family would harvest the half acre of grapes and my father and I would make the wine; filling two barrels, which equaled 50 cases of wine. Since our first commercial vintage in 1996, I have learned with every harvest that you must listen to vine; react to Mother Nature and ALWAYS compromise quantity for quality." - Steven Hansel