As such a popular, fascinating and noble grape, one could write books on this grape. We wanted to just give a brief overview of the grape and some examples of how this grape varies across the globe.
French Pinot Noir
The typical French Pinot noir produces red, aromatic, light or medium bodied wines. These wines have good acidity, with aromas of raspberry, strawberry, cherry, earth and cranberry.
The difference between New World and France
… the all famous pinot from the new world is slightly different. These wines are typically more full bodied and versatile. When looking for pinot noir wines from the new world, it is worth to explore New Zealand as well as U.S. California and Oregon.
Versatility across the globe
Pinot Noir is not only reserved for France in Europe, nor in the new world to the U.S. or New Zealand. For example a good easy to find pinot could be a German Bombacher Sommerhalde Spatburgunder Rotwein, a Canadaian Mission Hill Pinot Noir Reserve, a Chilean Ocio Pinot Noir, or an Australian Coldstream Hills Pinot Noir. These easy to find wines would range from the aromatic, rich berry, acidic German, to the raspberry burgundy like light coloured Canadian. Both the red fruity, cherry-like Chilean and the very well balanced, dark fruity Australian could exhibit similar raspberry tastes.
Famous for Cote de Beaune, Cote de Nuits
However the most famous, expensive and high quality ones would be from France, where one could start by trying ones such as a casual Beau-Monde Burgundy Grand Reserve or an older Santenay Beaurepaire Premier Cru. However to find value in this region would be tricky as the famous name implies, however with £20 pounds and the right temperature one might be able to spice up pork chops, ox neck, toasted pork, or the traditional burgundy stews.
Did you know?
Pinot noir is one of the main grapes used in Champagne production.
Vinifera Boutique will be looking to add some of these the cellar, so look out for these!
