Wines made from Pinot noir grapes of Wairarapa
Discover the best wines made with Pinot noir as a single variety or as a blend of Wairarapa.
More informations about the variety Pinot noir
Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
More informations about the region of North Island
The wine region of Wairarapa is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Whistling Track or the Domaine Schubert produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Wairarapa are Pinot noir, Pinot gris and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Wairarapa often reveals types of flavors of raspberry, lemon or straw and sometimes also flavors of honey, stone fruit or stone.
What are the typical flavors of the Pinot noir grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 26% of Pinot noir
- OakPresent in 22% of Pinot noir
- EarthPresent in 20% of Pinot noir
- SpicesPresent in 17% of Pinot noir
- Non oakPresent in 15% of Pinot noir
- MicrobioPresent in 15% of Pinot noir
- Black fruitPresent in 15% of Pinot noir
- Dried fruitPresent in 5% of Pinot noir
- Tropical fruitPresent in 5% of Pinot noir
- Citrus fruitPresent in 5% of Pinot noir
- FloralPresent in 5% of Pinot noir
- VegetalPresent in 4% of Pinot noir
- Tree fruitPresent in 4% of Pinot noir
- RaspberryPresent in 3% of Pinot noir
- StrawberriesPresent in 2% of Pinot noir
- CedarPresent in 1% of Pinot noir
- ColaPresent in 1% of Pinot noir
- CinnamonPresent in 1% of Pinot noir
- ToastyPresent in 1% of Pinot noir
- White pepperPresent in 1% of Pinot noir
News about the grape variety Pinot noir
Redbreast Dream Cask
The fifth of Redbreast’s Dream Cask offerings, released to mark World Whisky Day tomorrow (Saturday 21st May), is a 30-year-old single pot still whiskey produced by Irish Distillers at its Midleton Distillery in Co Cork. Unlike previous single-cask releases, this year’s Dream Cask combines two casks chosen as their favourites from Midleton’s vast inventory by master blender Billy Leighton and blender Dave McCabe. Leighton’s cask is a first-fill Oloroso Sherry butt filled in May 1990, while McCab ...
Resolution in Valencian wine region border conflict
‘Por fin se ha hecho justicia.’ (Finally, justice has been served) This strongly-worded statement was made by the Denomination of Origin Utiel-Requena in Spain’s Autonomous Region of Valencia as part of a press announcement in July. It refers to a Spanish Supreme Court ruling that was fully ratified at the end of September, closing a decade-long conflict between the region’s three DOs that pitted Valencia against Utiel-Requena and Alicante. The latter two had demanded that grapes fro ...
Corollary unveils plans to become Oregon’s first exclusively sparkling wine production estate
The new Eola-Amity site will break ground in the spring of 2023, with about 8 plantable hectares between 180 and 230 metres in elevation. In addition to the elevation, the property sits right in the path of the Van Duzer Corridor. The gap in the Oregon Coast Range allows a flood of cool pacific air, which tempers the warm summer heat each afternoon – making the Willamette Valley as hospitable as it is for grapes like Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The new Corollary estate vineyards will be planted t ...