Wines made from Pinot noir grapes of Willamette Valley - Page 9
Discover the best wines made with Pinot noir as a single variety or as a blend of Willamette Valley.
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 Oregon
The wine region of Willamette Valley is located in the region of Oregon of United States. We currently count 717 estates and châteaux in the of Willamette Valley, producing 2296 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Willamette Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .
What are the typical flavors of the Pinot noir grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 49% of Pinot noir
- EarthPresent in 29% of Pinot noir
- OakPresent in 23% of Pinot noir
- Black fruitPresent in 13% of Pinot noir
- Non oakPresent in 12% of Pinot noir
- SpicesPresent in 9% of Pinot noir
- MicrobioPresent in 2% of Pinot noir
- Tree fruitPresent in 2% of Pinot noir
- FloralPresent in 1% of Pinot noir
- Citrus fruitPresent in 1% of Pinot noir
News about the grape variety Pinot noir
Viñedos de Álava forms its regulatory council
The lengthy process arriving to this point has been rife with controversy as this new DO overlaps with what has since 1998 been the named Rioja Alavesa subzone within the greater DOCa Rioja. This subzone has been part of DOCa Rioja, regarded as Spain’s pioneering denomination of origin, since its original creation as a DO nearly a century ago in 1925. The core of the issue is that nearly all of DOCa Rioja falls administratively within the Spanish autonomous region of La Rioja, with the exception ...
Decanter World Wine Awards winners available at Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer is no stranger to achieving top scores at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), and to celebrate its results the leading retailer has selected its favourite award-winning wines from this year’s awards, for customers to purchase exclusively on marksandspencer.com. Customers can choose from a carefully selected mix of six delicious winter-warming reds; an irresistible mix of crisp, refreshing, complex white wines from the Old and New World; a mix of both red and white wi ...
Walls: Domaine de la Janasse, Vieilles Vignes 2011-2000 vertical
Some Châteauneufs are more reliable than others. When I visit the region to taste the new vintage every year, Domaine de la Janasse’s cuvée Vieilles Vignes regularly features among the best. It’s a particularly dense and concentrated wine when young, and it always strikes me that, even for Châteauneuf, it’s a wine that needs extended ageing to show its best. I was keen to acquire a more complete understanding of how this cuvée develops, so I visited brother-and-sister team Isabelle and Christoph ...