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Pinot Noir Flashcards

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Summarise Pinot

4 key points only

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  • Black grape
  • Thin skin
  • Cool to Moderate climate
  • Prone to Rot-Disease
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General grid characteristic for pinot?
Name the fruits

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Colour=Pale to medium
Acid=High
Tannin=Low to Medium
Body=Light to Medium
Flavours
* Red fruits
* Strawberry
* Rasberry
* Red cherry
* Smoke (oak)
* Clove (oak)
* Vanila (oak)

Range from freshh to cooked pending grape ripeness

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What kind of barrels are used for Pinot?

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  • Pinot can be overpowerd by oak so older or larger barrels are used for subtle oak touch
    (Best pinots have subtle smoke, vanila, clove notes)
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What flavours do older Pinots develop

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  • Tertiary flavours/aromas
  • Forrest floor
  • Mushroom
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Name top regions for growing Pinot in the world today?

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  • France
  • USA
  • Chile
  • South Africa
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
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What is the climate in Burgundy?

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  • Cool in the North to more moderate in the south
  • Its best suited to moderate areas where it can achieve full ripening
  • The best sites are located on slopes facing south/south-east that benifit from extra sunlight
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What Region do the best Burgundys come from

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Cote d’Or

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What two halves in the Cote d’Or divided into

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North=Cote de Nuits
South=Cote de Beaune

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Whate are Burgundy’s appellation d’origin protegee OR appelation d’origine controlee?
(AOP-AOC)

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  • Bourgogne AOC
  • Village Wines
  • Premier Cru
  • Grand Cru
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What is the Grid for Bourgogne AOC?

do the SAT

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The are usually drunk young as lack the flavour/intensity to age
Acid=High
Tannin=Low
Body=Light to Medium
Flavours=Fresh red fruits
Can still fetch a high price due to demand

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Village wines from Burgundy?
* Compared to Borgougne

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These wines are usually better situated (slopes/aspect/soil drainage)
* Will have more flavour intensity, complexity,length and finish than bourgogne

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Name two famous villages from Cote d’Nuits

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  • Gevrey-Chambertin
  • Nuits-Saint-Georges
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Name two famous villages from Cote ‘de Beaune

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  • Beaune
  • Pommard
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What is the class for the best wines in Burgundy

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Premier and Grand Cru wines

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Why are Premiur Cru and Grand Cru Burgudys the best

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They have the most complex and intense flavours
* They are on slopes with S & SE facing aspects
* They benefit from extra sunlight and warmth

Best for ageing and command very high prices

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What are Burgunday Premiur Cru and Grand Cru Pinot flavour profiles?
* 2 fruit flavours
* 3 oak flavours
* 3 bottle aging aromas

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Aromas/Flavours
* Strawberries-
* Red Cherries
* Subtle oak-Smoke, cloves, vanilla
* Will evolve to produce mushroom, forest floor and smoke notes

17
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Where are the key USA Pinot Noir regions

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  • California
  • Oregon
18
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Why can certain areas of california grow Pinot Noir

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  • The cooling coastal influence and the cold current
  • The amount of fog the area gets
  • The coastal breezes
19
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What are the sub regions of calfornia for Pinot Noir

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  • Los Carnos (North California-Morning fogs)
  • Sonoma (Cooling coastal breezes)
  • Santa Barbara County (Central coast-cooling sea breezes)
20
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Californian Pinot Noirs tend to what type of flavours/aromas?

Fruit-4 flavours-2 bottle ageing flavours

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  • Ripe red fruit flavours
  • Strawberry
  • Red Cherry
  • Smoke
  • Cloves Vanilla
  • Can develop tertiary aromas from bottle ageing (Earth-Mushroom)
21
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Oregons climate and key climate points?

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  • Mostly moderate
  • Close to Pacicifc Ocean so cooling influence
  • Cooler than California
22
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Oregon Pinots typical flavours/Aroma

Just flavours no other palate required

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  • Fresh Red fruits
  • Subtle oak-Smoke-Clove-Vanilla
  • Can develop tertiaty=Earth-Mushrooms

flavours

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Chile region for Pinot Noir

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Casablanca Valley

To the North of Santiago

24
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Casablanca climate what two key atributes of note

Chile

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  • Cooled by sea breezes
  • Cooled by morning fogs
25
Q

Casablanca Pinots are?

Chile (2 flavours)

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  • Red fruits
  • Strawberry
  • Sometimes herbal notes
  • Good value for $$$
26
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South Africa Pinot Sub Region

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Walker Bay

27
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Walker Bay Pinot Noir key climate attribute

South Africa

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  • Cooled by sea breeze
28
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Walker bay pinots have what kind of fruit (South Africa)

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Vibrant red fruits

29
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2 Australian Sub regions for pinot Noir

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  • Mornington Peninsula
  • Yarra Valley

Cooling breeze from southern ocean

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Victorian style of Pinot
fruit-tannin-2 flavours

Australia

A
  • Can vary from light and fragrant to riper with cooked red fruits
  • Strawberry
  • Red plum
  • Medium tannins
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New Zealand Sub regions for Pinot?

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  • Marlborough
  • Martingborough
  • Central Otago
32
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Central Otago Pinto?
* Ripeness
* Aroma Intensity
* 2 flavours
* Tannin
* Body
* Potential

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  • Ripest and boldest pinots
  • Pronounced fruit
  • Strawberry
  • Red Cherry
  • Medium to Full bodied
  • Medium Tannins
  • Requires a few years in bottle to reach potential

Flavours/Aromas

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