Intimate dinner with Jasmine Hirsch of California’s pioneering Hirsch Vineyards – Monday 20th April (PT link)
When David Hirsch bought a remote sheep ranch on the Sonoma Coast in 1978, it wasn’t with the intention of making wine. A college dropout in New York, he’d moved west to pursue a career in women’s fashion that took him on regular trips to France where he cultivated a love of Burgundy.
Even after planting vines two years later, for the next two decades, David concentrated on farming the soils, selling his grapes to the likes of Littorai, Kistler and Williams Selyem, all of which made Hirsch-designated wines.
It was only in 2002, fascinated by the different nuances of his 60 different plots spread across his 72 acres, that he began making his own wines. A decade later, after years working closely with Californian trailblazer Ted Lemon of Littorai, he was farming the whole lot biodynamically, and the wines began garnering serious critical attention.
Having returned to the estate in 2008 following a career in finance, David’s daughter Jasmine took over as general manager in 2015, after her father suffered a serious tractor accident. For the last seven years, she has also been its winemaker, producing a range of often small-production, single-vineyard Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays that represent the variety of soils, aspects and microclimates here in one of California’s smallest AVAs, Fort Ross-Seaview, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
We are delighted to welcome Jasmine to the Club to present a selection of these refined, sophisticated wines over a small dinner for 12 Members in the Lutyens Room.
The wines we’ll be enjoying:
2024 Estate Chardonnay, Hirsch Vineyards
2023 Estate Chardonnay, Hirsch Vineyards, Fort Ross-Seaview, Sonoma Coast
2023 Bohan Dillon Pinot Noir, Hirsch Vineyards, Fort Ross-Seaview, Sonoma Coast
2023 West Ridge Estate Pinot Noir, Hirsch Vineyards, Fort Ross-Seaview, Sonoma Coast
2023 East Ridge Estate Pinot Noir, Hirsch Vineyards, Fort Ross-Seaview, Sonoma Coast
2023 Raschen Ridge Pinot Noir, Hirsch Vineyards, Fort Ross-Seaview, Sonoma Coast
2020 Reserve Estate Pinot Noir, Hirsch Vineyards, Fort Ross-Seaview, Sonoma Coast
2018 East Ridge Estate Pinot Noir, Hirsch Vineyards, Fort Ross-Seaview, Sonoma Coast
The menu:
Starter: Tuna loin, watermelon, meat radish and shiso with ponzu sauce
Main: Roasted guinea fowl, English garden salad, pomme purée, tarragon & sherry béarnaise
Dessert: A selection of British & European cheeses
Please email [email protected] if you have any requests as regards seating arrangements and for any dietary requirements.
Monday 20th April
The Lutyens Room
18:30 – Glass on arrival
19:00 – Dinner begins
22:30 – Dinner ends
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