Winery Calatroni - Crested Porcupine Pinot Noir

Winery CalatroniCrested Porcupine Pinot Noir

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Crested Porcupine Pinot Noir of Winery Calatroni is a red wine from the region of Oltrepò Pavese of Lombardie.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or veal.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Crested Porcupine Pinot Noir of Winery Calatroni in the region of Lombardie often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Calatroni's Crested Porcupine Pinot Noir.

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Contains sulfites

Discover the grape 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.

Last vintages of this wine

Crested Porcupine Pinot Noir - 2018
In the top 100 of of Oltrepò Pavese wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Crested Porcupine Pinot Noir - 2016
In the top 100 of of Oltrepò Pavese wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Crested Porcupine Pinot Noir from Winery Calatroni are 2018, 2016

Informations about the Winery Calatroni

The winery offers 35 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Oltrepò Pavese in the region of Lombardie

The Winery Calatroni is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 31 wines for sale in the of Oltrepò Pavese to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Lombardie
In the top 45000 of of Italy wines
In the top 2000 of of Oltrepò Pavese wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Oltrepò Pavese

The wine region of Oltrepò Pavese is located in the region of Lombardie of Italy. We currently count 256 estates and châteaux in the of Oltrepò Pavese, producing 794 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Oltrepò Pavese go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Lombardie

Lombardy is one of Italy's largest and most populous regions, located in the north-central Part of the country. It's home to a handful of popular and well-known wine styles, including the Bright, cherry-scented Valtellina and the high-quality Sparkling wines Franciacorta and Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico. Lombardy is Italy's industrial powerhouse, with the country's second largest city (Milan) as its regional capital. Despite this, the region has vast tracts of unspoiled countryside, home to many small wineries that produce a significant portion of the region's annual wine production of 1.

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The word of the wine: Cinsault

Cinsault is a southern black grape variety that can be found in the blends of most Mediterranean appellations, but most often as an accessory grape variety. It is undoubtedly most present in certain rosé wines (in Corbières, Côtes-de-Provence, etc.): it gives these wines highly appreciated aromas of strawberry, peach and raspberry. In vin de pays (IGP), it is often vinified on its own, usually as a rosé.

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