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Pinot Noir
[PEE-no NWA]
Pinot Noir, the great red grape of Burgundy, is a touchy varietal. The best examples offer the classic black cherry, spice, raspberry, and currant flavors, and an aroma that can resemble wilted roses, as well as earth, tar, herb and cola notes. Conversely, Pinot Noir can also be rather ordinary, light, simple, herbal, vegetal and even weedy. Other times, it can be downright funky, with pungent barnyard aromas. In fact, Pinot Noir is the most fickle of all grapes to grow: It reacts strongly to environmental changes such as heat and cold spells, and it is notoriously fussy to work with once picked, since its skins are easily bruised and broken. Even after fermentation, Pinot Noir can hide its weaknesses and strengths, making it a most difficult wine to evaluate out of barrel. In the bottle, too, it is often a chameleon, showing poorly one day, brilliantly the next. Nevertheless, it can and does produce some of the planet's greatest red wines.
FREE S/H orders of 6+ btl. $15 S/H for 3-5 bottle orders.
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Earthy raspberry and lush violet petal aromas with complex smoky cherry flavors. This wine is handcrafted
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Vintage: 2005
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Country: US-CA
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Serena Sutcliffe, Master of Wine and the head of Sotheby's wine department, writes that "The top wines of
Chambolle should have supreme scent and del
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Vintage: 2006
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Country: France
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The grapes were harvested in October 2007 from 18 year old vines. After vinification this wine spent six months in stainless steel tanks, six months i
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Vintage: 2007
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Country: Italy
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($92) The nose is open and frank with a bouquet of fresh black fruits, a touch of truffle, leather, and spices. It is clean in
the mouth with a fresh
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Vintage: 2007
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Country: France
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($93)Whereas Pinot Noir from Pommard is noted for its depth and power, Volnay wines are loved for their finesse and
distinct flavors. The Cuvee Gener
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The wine shows off a deep purple color with violet highlights. A protruding nose of wild berry, saddle leather and toasty oak
is complimented by a si
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Vintage: 2006
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Country: France
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(FREE S/H* 29/btl)"Moro" is a rare red coral from the Caribbean. Rudolf Geil has selected this beautiful creation of nature to describe his own specia
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Vintage: 2007
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Country: Germany
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SALE PRICE- A very fragrant, beautiful Pinot Noir. "Stylish and aromatic, with spice box and rose petal highlighting raspberry, blackberry and black p
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Vintage: 2007
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Country: New Zealand
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SALE PRICE- Intense floral spice of dried herb and mushrooms with an exotic undertone of mint and Kirsch. Juicy, spicy and plumy on the palette with g
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Vintage: 2007
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Country: US-CA
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A very good value Pinot Noir, the J. Soble from Monterey is an enticing wine showing off Pinot’s natural aromas of black cherry, raspberry and a littl
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Vintage: 2009
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Country: US
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