Wines made from Pinot noir grapes of United States

Discover the best wines made with Pinot noir as a single variety or as a blend of United States.

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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 United States

The United States has confidently come of age as one of the world's leading wine-producing nations. Their reputation may be based on the world-famous Napa and Sonoma, but the U. S. is home to countless lesser-known wine regions that produce world-class wines (obvious examples are Oregon's Willamette Valley and New York's Finger Lakes).

What are the typical flavors of the Pinot noir grape variety?

Non oakPresent in 98% of Pinot noir
EarthPresent in 98% of Pinot noir
OakPresent in 98% of Pinot noir
SpicesPresent in 97% of Pinot noir
Red fruitPresent in 97% of Pinot noir
Black fruitPresent in 95% of Pinot noir
MicrobioPresent in 75% of Pinot noir
FloralPresent in 63% of Pinot noir
VegetalPresent in 57% of Pinot noir
Dried fruitPresent in 47% of Pinot noir

Citrus fruitPresent in 40% of Pinot noir
Tree fruitPresent in 27% of Pinot noir
Tropical fruitPresent in 10% of Pinot noir
OakyPresent in 9% of Pinot noir
RaspberryPresent in 8% of Pinot noir
VanillaPresent in 8% of Pinot noir
StrawberriesPresent in 8% of Pinot noir
CinnamonPresent in 8% of Pinot noir
CherryPresent in 8% of Pinot noir
Red fruitPresent in 8% of Pinot noir

News about the grape variety Pinot noir

Port producer proposes new classification for ‘young harvest’ releases

Albino Jorge Sousa, owner of Port estate Quinta da Boeira, said his proposal for a new classification called ‘Full Body-Young Harvest’ Ports would inject cashflow earlier for Port producers. Jorge Sousa urged the Port sector to ‘wake up’ to meet what he said was growing demand for younger Ports from wine buyers and importers over the past two years. His proposal comes amid wider efforts to help reinvigorate the Port category. This year, Portugal’s Port and Douro Wine Institute, the I ...

OIV welcomes back Ukraine as a member state

Having left the ranks of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) in 2008, Ukraine has again joined the leading intergovernmental institution. This brings the total number of member countries up to 49. The renewed membership is effective from 30 October and was formalised on Friday 4 November at the OIV’s General Assembly in Baja California, Mexico. The plenary session, which closed the institution’s 43rd annual congress, had its most symbolic and heartfelt moment when the Ukrainian ...

Verona to be home to Italy’s largest wine museum and visitor centre

Known to wine enthusiasts for one of the world’s best known annual wine fairs, Vinitaly, Verona is about to host a poli-functional wine museum and visitor centre that promises to rival similar enterprises in Bordeaux and Porto. The Museo del Vino (MuVin) project was officially unveiled at Vinitaly earlier this month, with the endorsement of Italian tourism minister Massimo Garavaglia, Roberta Garibaldi of Italy’s national tourism agency, and Prof Diego Begalli, director of the department of busi ...