The Hilt, Radian Vineyard Pinot Noir Vintage:2018 Smooth and expansive on the

Smooth and expansive on the palate

Dark ruby with some evolution

very focused

Then very rich array of red fruits on the palate

There is good material here and my range assumes that this will add depth with bottle age

The Hilt, Radian Vineyard Pinot Noir Vintage:2018 Smooth and expansive on theVineyards for The Hilt wines are all high altitude, but Radians ridgelines are the steepest, reaching nearly 700 feet at its highest points. Outcrops of diatomaceous earth and rocky soils dominate Radian and ultimately help define the type of fruit the vines yield. The rocky soils at the top of Radian offer good drainage and heat retention, an aspect critical to the production of ripe fruit at high elevation with Sta Rita Hills cold, whipping winds.