Hitching Post Highliner Pinot Noir
| Vintage: | 2018 |
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| Description: | Winemaker Notes\r\n\r\n\r\nHitching Post's flagship cuvee of best barrels and vineyards is rich in flavor, yet smooth, balanced, and elegant. The vineyard emphasizes deep fruit, spice, and earthiness to be enjoyed with food, family and friends. The 2018 Pinot Noir Highliner is a blend of fruit from the Sta. Rita Hills and Santa Maria. That mix works well in a Pinot that is pliant and super-expressive. Silky tannins wrap around a core of red and purplish berry fruit, with hints of orange zest, spice and mint that add complexity.\r\nAbout Hitching Post\r\nLeading the\u00a0Hitching Post Wines team\u00a0are the creators and two long-time friends,\u00a0Gray Hartley\u00a0and\u00a0Frank Ostini,\u00a0who have been making wines in Santa Barbara County, California since 1979.\r\nLong before Hollywood discovered the winemaking landmark and its excellent wines,\u00a0Gray Hartley, a former Alaskan salmon fisherman and Frank Ostini, chef and owner of the famed\u00a0Hitching Post 2 Restaurant\u00a0in Buellton, were brought together by their love of wine and winemaking. Over the years their backyard hobby has turned into a highly acclaimed winemaking enterprise.\r\nIn 1981 they discovered the wonders of Santa Barbara Pinot Noir; since then Pinot has been their primary focus. Their flagship wine is the Hitching Post Highliner.\u00a0The \u201cHighliner\u201d is the best fishermen in the fleet, and this name honors the great men of the Alaskan Salmon Fishery alongside whom Gray Hartley worked for 28 years. A special wine, Highliner is meant\u00a0to be the \u201cbest of their fleet\u201d of Pinot Noirs. Along with ten selections of Pinot Noir,\u00a0Hitching Post\u00a0produces a dry Ros\u00e9 called\u00a0Pinks,\u00a0a Syrah, and a Merlot-based red named\u00a0Gen Red.\r\nThen came\u00a0Sideways\u00a0in 2004, the Academy Award\u00ae winning film set in Santa Barbara wine country, prominently featuring\u00a0The Hitching Post 2\u00a0and\u00a0Hitching Post Wines.\u00a0Since exposure in the movie, Hitching Post wines have gained in popularity. Currently, the winery has 12,000 barrels and produces about 17,000 cases a year.\r\nHartley and Ostini\u00a0strive to create flavorful handcrafted wines that possess poise and balance, putting a slice of Santa Barbara in each glass, and a piece of their soul in every bottle of\u00a0Hitching Post. |
| Price: | $ 37.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from BASSER’S Fine Wine
| Address: |
6240 Coral Ridge Drive Coral Springs, FL 33076 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 954-840-3122 |
First added to 1000 Corks on January 5, 2022.
