Wines made from Pinot noir grapes of Switzerland - Page 2
Discover the best wines made with Pinot noir as a single variety or as a blend of Switzerland.
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 wines of Switzerland
Switzerland may not be the most famous of wine-producing nations, but this small mountainous country in Western Europe has been producing wine for over two thousand years. The lack of awareness of Swiss wine is not due to a lack of quality or quantity, but to the fact that it is produced primarily for (and enjoyed by) the Swiss themselves. But things are slowly changing; the world beyond the Alps is now discovering the high quality of much of Switzerland's Grape/pinot">Pinot noir and white wines made from the country's flagship grape, Chasselas. High-end Vineyards can be found in almost every corner of the country, but the vast majority are in the Alpine Valais and around Lake Geneva, in La Côte and Vaud/lavaux">Lavaux.
What are the typical flavors of the Pinot noir grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 56% of Pinot noir
- OakPresent in 44% of Pinot noir
- EarthPresent in 33% of Pinot noir
- Non oakPresent in 31% of Pinot noir
- SpicesPresent in 28% of Pinot noir
- Black fruitPresent in 25% of Pinot noir
- MicrobioPresent in 10% of Pinot noir
- StrawberriesPresent in 4% of Pinot noir
- Tree fruitPresent in 4% of Pinot noir
- OakyPresent in 3% of Pinot noir
- CherryPresent in 3% of Pinot noir
- RaspberryPresent in 3% of Pinot noir
- PeachPresent in 2% of Pinot noir
- FloralPresent in 2% of Pinot noir
- Citrus fruitPresent in 2% of Pinot noir
- Dried fruitPresent in 2% of Pinot noir
- Red fruitPresent in 2% of Pinot noir
- EarthyPresent in 1% of Pinot noir
- ApplesPresent in 1% of Pinot noir
- PearPresent in 1% of Pinot noir
News about the grape variety Pinot noir
Laithwaites launches wine in 100% recycled glass bottle
The W/O (standing for ‘without’) Frappato 2020 – an organic Sicilian red – is packaged in a bottle made with ‘wild’ glass (the name bottle manufacturer Estal has given to its 100% recycled glass). The launch, which forms part of the company’s pledge to become Net Zero and halve its carbon footprint by 2030, marked a ‘UK first for wine’, according to the online wine merchant. It follows a recent audit commissioned from EcoAct – a specialist company advising on sustainability, which sh ...
Thieves steal hundreds of fine wines in Austria and Norway
Thieves continued to target some of the world’s most sought-after fine wines at the end of last year, with Austria’s Kracher Fine Wine and Norway’s Park 29 restaurant among the latest businesses to fall victim. Around 600 or 700 bottles of top-end wines were stolen at the end of November from Kracher Fine Wine, the merchant business that sits alongside highly regarded Kracher winery. ‘They knew exactly what they were looking for,’ director Gerhard Kracher told Decanter this week, adding some of ...
Walls’ hidden gems: Mas de Libian, Ardèche
Our feet crunched through layers of dry oak leaves as we climbed a pebbly path towards the vineyards behind the farmhouse. Roots go deep here. Not just the tall oaks and squat vines, but families too. I walked the vineyards at Mas de Libian with Hélène Thibon, but it was her father Jean-Pierre that greeted me when I arrived. Hélène’s sister Catherine was out front with Bambi the horse, ploughing the sandier plots. Later, we tasted in the winery with Hélène’s son Aurélien. Three generations of a ...
Discover the best wines made with Pinot noir of Switzerland
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Aargau
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Bern
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Eastern Switzerland
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Genève
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Graubünden
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Luzern
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Neuchâtel
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Rheintal
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Schaffhausen
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Schwyz
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- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Thurgau
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- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Valais
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Vaud
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Westschweiz
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Zurcher Weinland
- The best wines made with Pinot noir grapes of Zürich