PINOT NOIR Flashcards
DESCRIBE PINOT NOIR ?
HARD TO GROW
NEED A MODERATE TO COOL CLIMATE
EASY VARIETY TO DRINK IT HAS SOFT LIGHT TANNIS
ENJOYABLE TO DRINK @ ALL STAGES OF THEIR LIFE
IN COOL REGIONS HOW PINOT NOIR TASTE USUALLY ?
WILL HAVE EXCESSIVE VEGETAL FLAVOURS LIKE ( CABBAGE , WET LEAVES)
IN A RIGHT CLIMATETIC CONDITION WHICH ARE THE FLAVOURS PINOT NOIR DISPALY ?
RED FRUITS LIKE ( STRAWBERRY, RASPBERRY,CHERRY )
AND WITH AGE IT DISPLAYS VEGTAL AND ANIMAL NOTES LIKE ( MUSHROOM , WET LEAVES, MEATY AROMAS)
IN HOT REGIONS WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM PINOT NOIR ?
IT WILL BE EXCESSIVELYJAMMY
DOES OAK AGEING IS GOOD FOR PINOT NOIR ?
NO AS MATURING IN OAK CAN GIVE THE FLAVOURS OF TOAST AND VANILLA AND THESE FLAVOURS CAN EASILY OVERPOWER THE DELICATE FLAVOURS OF ITS OWN .
WHAT IS THE LABELLING TERM FOR RED BURGUNDIAN PINOT NOIR ?
BOURGOGNE AC
HOW BOURGOGNE AC RED SHOULD TASTE LIKE ?
MEDIUM BODIED
WITH A BALANCE FLAVOURS OF RED FRUITS AND SAVOURY AROMAS
LIGHT TANNINS AND MED TO HIGH ACIDITY
TWO MAJOR WINE GROWING REGIONS OF BURGUNDY ?
COTE DE NUIT
COTE DE BEAUNE
MAJOR WINE VILLAGES ( APPELLLATIONS ) OF COTE DE NUITS?
GEVREY- CHARBERTIN
NUITS- ST- GEORGES
MAJOR WINE VILLAGES ( APPELLATIONS ) OF COTE DE BEAUNE ?
BEAUNE
POMMARD
WHICH IS THE MOST POWERFUL , LONG LIVED PINOT NOIR ?
LE CHAMBERTIN
is the most important grand cru vineyard in Gevrey-Chambertin.
TWO MAJOR REGIONS OF GERMANY WHO DOES PINOT NOIR?
PFALZ
BADEN
THEASE HAVE A COOL CLIMATE
HOW THE TYPICAL GERMAN PINOT NOIRS ARE ?
LIGHT BODIED
WITH PRONOUNCED PERFUMED RED BERRY FRUIT AND LIGHT TANNINS .
HOW ARE NEW ZEALAND PINOT NOIRS ?
MORE FULL BODIED
LOWER ACIDITY
MORE INTENSE FRUITS
WHICH REGION IN NEW ZEALAND DOES THE MOST INTENSE AND RIPEST PINOT NOIRS ?
CENTRAL OTAGO
