This is one of the best Pinot Noirs I've tasted in awhile and while "best" doesn't mean a whole lot when it comes to something as subjective as taste, this wine is sure to please anyone who appreciates a good Pinot. Bill Hunter puts on a clinic in power and balance with this wine. Intense and complex fruit flavors from the Umino vineyard in Sebastopol are tamed with wonderfully integrated French Oak and great acid. This is a fun wine to taste the evolution in the glass over a period of time.
Chasseur (French for "Hunter") is dedicated to small lot, hand-crafted wines in the old French tradition with emphasis on vineyard designates. Their small size (about 2,700 cases per year) allows complete control over the winemaking process, enabling them to produce the finest wines the fruit has to offer. They are in an obsessive pursuit of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay's final, and possibly finest, frontier - Sonoma's "West County". Still in its renaissance, this area is composed of the western edge of the Russian River Valley and beyond, known as the "true" Sonoma Coast. The wines are as expressive as they are stunning. Burgundy lovers won't want to miss Chasseur.
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