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Describe Pinot Noir Grape?
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black grape variety with thin skins, and the resulting wines are usually light in color with low to medium levels of tannin.
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How does hot climate affect Pinot Noir?
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Pinot Noir loses its delicate flavors and wine are excessively jammy.
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too cool and Pinot Noir?
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grapes will not ripen and wines have excessive vegetal flavors (cabbage, wet leaves).
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how is a good balanced Pinot?
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display red fruit (strawberry, raspberry, cherry) w/
vegetal and animal nuances (wet leaves, mushroom, gamey-meaty aromas). |
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ageing?
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1)Except for the very best wines from Burgundy, most Pinots are best consumed while they are youthful and fruity.
2) common to age with oak, but vanilla and toast notes can easily overpower delicate flavors. |
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Where is classic region for Pinots?
How are appellations made? |
1) Burgundy (Bougogne).
2) wines from different villages show slightly differents aspects, so given own appellations. |
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How is a Bougogne AC Pintot?
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should be medium-bodied red with a balance of red-fruit and savory aromas, light tannins and medium to high acidity.
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What about Bourgogne Red villages?
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Gevrey-Chambertin, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Beaune, and Pommard generally offer more intensity, complexity, and lenth
--especially if Premier Cru. |
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Grand Cru Red Bourgogne Pinots?
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Grand Crus, like Le Chambertin, are the most powerful, long-lived, and complex Pinot Noir
--sell at high prices because of quality and rarity. |
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Veraison?
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Pinot Noir bunch at the moment of veraison: point when grapes stop expanding, and color, sugars and flavors start to build up as grapes ripen.
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French areas for Pinot Noir?
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Champagne (sparkling wine)
Burgundy: Cote de nuits & Cote de Beaune |
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New Zealand Pinot Noirs?
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shows the greatest promise as best Pinots out of Burgundy.
--more fulld-bodied, lower acidity, and more intense fruit than Burgundy. --spicy notes often accompany red fruit flavors (cherry, strawberry). |
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Special New Zealand areas for Pinot?
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Martinborough and Central Otago make the ripest, most intense Pinots.
Marlborough produces a lighter style, and a lot is used in sparkling wine. |
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German name for Pinot Noir?
Description? |
--Spaetburgunder.
--intensely fruity with very soft tannins. |
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California Pinot Noirs?
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Most is too hot, but good examples in Carneros and in cooler parts of Sonoma County (such as Russian River Valley)
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Describe California Pinots?
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tend to be full-bodied. Most are intensely fruity, but some display pronounced animal and vegetal characteristics (leather, meat, wet leaves).
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Pinots from Oregon?
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A suitably moderate climate with some very high-quality Pinot Noir wines.
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Australian Pinots?
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most are too hot; some premium quality wines in ocean cooling areas or altitude.
Example: Yarra Valley in SE tip. |
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Chile Pinots?
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The Casablanca Valley in Chile is emerging as a source of intensely fruity Pinots with flavors of strawberry jam.
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South Africa Pinots?
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some high quality Pinots in small quantitities from coastal sites.
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Pinot Bulk/inexpensive?
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main source: Romania. Large variety: some are soft, light and strawberryish; others have astringent tannins or taste of cooked fruits (prune, strawberry jam).
--Chile also: soft, fruity style. |
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Pinot Blends?
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--best if unblended, though is used as component of many sparkling wines (most champagnes).
--if, then most common: Red Burgundy with Gamay. --except for rare exceptions, Bourgogne AC= 100% Pinot |
