Pinot Noir Flashcards
Pinot noir wine making
Varietal
Matured oak - larger formats & older barrels so more subtle = smoke, cloves
Burgundy best sites for Pinot are
S & se facing slopes - concentrate fruits, complex wines suitable for bottle ageing
Bourgogne aoc style pinot
Fresh drunk young lack flavour intensity to age
L to m body
L tannins
Village wines style burgundy
Well drained soils
More flavour intensity, complexity and length on finish
Famous villages Côte d’Or
Cote de nuits
G every chambertain aoc
Nuit Saint George aoc
Cote de beaune
Beaune aoc
Pommard aoc
Premier & grand cru burgundy style
Concentrated fruits red
Subtle oak smoke, clove
Evoke pronounced tertiary notes - mushroom forest floor
Complex, great ageing potential
Carneros in Californian cooling factors
Morning fog San Pablo bay
Sonoma cooling factors
Pacific Ocean breeze
Santa Barbara county cooling factors
Sea breezes from west and south
Pacific Ocean
Style Californian Pinot noir
Ripe red berries
Vanilla from oak
Best examples tertiary aromas develop
Oregon style
Complex fresh red fruits
Subtle oak smoke cloves
Can develop tertiary aromas in bottle
Cooling factors Oregon
N latitude
Exposure to Pacific Ocean
Quality Pinot USA from places mentioned
V good to outstanding
Where in chile is Pinot grown
Casablanca valley
Cooling factors Casablanca valley
Sea breezes
Morning fog Pacific Ocean
In Aconcagua region
Style chile Pinot Casablanca valley
V good
V fruity cooked strawberry
Where in South Africa is Pinot grown
Walker bay
Cooling factors walker bay
Atlantic Ocean
Benguela current
Cape doctor
Areas Pinot noir grown in Australia
Yarra valley
Morning peninsula
Both in Victoria
Cooling factors making Pinot growing possible in Victoria
Cool breezes southern ocean
Style Australian Pinot
Varies
Light and fragrant to riper cooked fruits and m tannins
Places Pinot grown in New Zealand
Martinborough
Marlborough
Central otago
Central otago climate factors
S latitude
Protected sea breezes & rain by mountains
V long sunny days & cool nights
Style Pinot central otago
Pronounced red fruits M to f body M tannins Matured oak May need few years in bottle to reach potential = nz most powerful & ripest Pinot
