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Pinot Noir
red grape Burgundy (Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune); Central Otago; Oregon (Willamette) serve 14–16 °C ages 3–20 years
Pinot Noir is a red grape: light-bodied, fresh acidity, soft tannin, usually dry. 2191 Pinot Noir wines from £25.49. Typical aromas: red cherry, strawberry, raspberry, violet.
Typical structure · knowledge base
Sweetness
bone dryluscious
Body
lightfull
Tannin
lowhigh
Acidity
lowhigh
Oak
noneheavy
Alcohol
lowhigh
Typical for the variety; WineGenie knowledge base, not a measurement of one wine.
Is Pinot Noir sweet or dry?
Usually dry.
What goes with it
duck, salmon, roast chicken, mushroom risotto, pork, turkey, charcuterie. low tannin and high acid make it the most versatile red; works with fish
Where it grows
Burgundy (Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune), France — the benchmark: perfumed, savoury, pale, ageworthy at the top
Central Otago, New Zealand — riper, darker fruit, more structure
Oregon (Willamette), United States — Burgundian, earthy
Marlborough / Martinborough, New Zealand — bright red fruit
Baden / Germany (Spätburgunder), Germany — light, elegant
If you like Pinot Noir
2191 Pinot Noir wines · ranked by critic score, then price · showing 30
sweetness · body on 1–5 · inferred