Top 10 Sonoma Pinot Noirs (World of Pinot Noir Event 2017) 1. Pinot noir as a grape is much more delicate than cabernet sauvignon. A Fickle Grape That Likes Dank Weather. Pinot Noir) comes from Trentino winemaker Franz Haas, who sells wine under the Kris label with importer Leonardo LoCascio. Senior wine editor Ray Isle tasted nearly 150 bottles, and these came out on top. Enjoy it with mushroom dishes or pulled pork.Germany wouldn’t necessarily be the first choice for a Pinot Noir but this superb wine produced in the Palatinate wine-growing region by Matthias Gaul and former M&S wine-buyer Gerd Stepp is a smasher at a reasonable price. Food & Wine is part of the Meredith Corporation Allrecipes Food Group. Difficulty is named after a local mountain; the lightly raspy tannins are a nice counterpoint to the sweet, deep black-raspberry fruit.The Central Otago area is famous for its crisp, focused Pinots. A slow cooker can can take your comfort food to the next level. It’s remarkably good for a village (i.e., basic) wine, thanks to talented seventh-generation winemaker Romain Taupenot.Crisp and spicy, this appealing Pinot Nero (a.k.a. It's Pinot Noir day on 18 August and time to celebrate one of the world's most popular wine grapes. The cool climate of the Alto Adige region, Lageder’s talent as a winemaker and his devotion to growing grapes organically combine to create a refined kirsch-scented red.Full of gamey, grapey fruit, this bold red from the Martinborough region—one of the country’s premier Pinot Noir–growing areas—has a robust intensity that’s difficult not to like. It has a pale color in the glass and zesty acidity. Pencarrow is the less-expensive second label of Martinborough’s highly respected Palliser Estate.This affordable wine from top Central Otago producer Mt. Although Château de Sancerre, a long-established producer in this largely Sauvignon Blanc–oriented region, has been making Pinot for almost 90 years, this vintage is the first one that’s available in the United States.Exactly what good, affordable Burgundy ought to be, with floral aromas leading into precise black-raspberry fruit and hints of spice. France is the grape’s spiritual home, where it’s the sole variety used in cellar-worthy red Burgundy . Pinot Noir, one of the noble red grapes, is behind some of the world’s most prized wines. Our seminars are as delicious as they are educational, and explore thoughtful and fun topics. It’s a little pricey, but this well-balanced wine from vineyards in Central Otago, New Zealand, has a rich, velvety smoothness with concentrated red berry and floral notes and a hint of spice. This is being marketed as Chile's answer to fine Burgundy and there’s no arguing with the fact that Astro Costera (“single star”), produced from a vineyard close to the Pacific Ocean is something special. Smoky and earthy at first, it opens into dark raspberry fruit that lasts.The smoky scent of Lapsang souchong tea is the first distinctive note of Taupenot-Merme’s impressive Gevrey, followed by layers of Indian spices and dense wild-cherry fruit. Though 2004 was a difficult year in Chile, with a hot summer and a rainy fall, the Lo Abarca Hills bottling is very impressive, with earthy berry aromas; its flavors are dark and spicy, with sweet black-raspberry fruit and a dry tea-leaf note on the finish.The Burgundy village of Santenay is known for producing rustic, intense Pinots, and this powerful, cherry-rich bottling, from 55-year-old vines, is no exception.Licorice notes float through the flavor of this lively red Sancerre from the Loire Valley. All Rights Reserved. From a New Zealand vineyard owned by cinematographer Michael Seresin, who’s worked on Great value at under £7, this is an enticing and smooth Pinot Noir from Burgundy with oodles of raspberry, cherry and currant flavours that harmonise with the hint of oak and the soft tannins.