Grape varieties characteristics - Pinot Noir
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Pinot Noir in California
- Plantings grown rapidly last 20-30 year
- best wines from cooler sites (coast or altitude)
- styles:
- medium(+) acidity, medium body and alcohol and fresh flavours of red cherry and raspberry
- greater body and alcohol, medium to medium(+) acidity and riper flavours, either black fruit or slightly jammy
- trend:
- picking earlier
- proportion whole bunch fermentation/stem inclusion
- enhances aroma complexity and greater tannin structure
- generally new French oak
Pinot Noir in Russian River Valley, California
- Pinot Noir
- medium/medium(+) body, medium tannin, medium(+) acidity, ripe strawberry, red cherry flavours with vanilla spice from oak maturation
- good-outstanding
- mid-priced / super premium
Pinot Noir in Oregon
- Medium(+) acidity
- medium/medium(+) tannins
- high alcohol
- red cherry - raspberry - black cherry - plum
- proportion of new oak
- good to outstanding
- premium/super premium priced
- producers:
- Bergström Wines
- Evening Land
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