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Allen Meadows - burghound.com - Jan 2014
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Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.
Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.
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Here the nose is intensely floral with an elegant, airy, cool and ultra-pure if even more restrained nose of primarily wild red berry fruit and sauvage scents. There is excellent detail to the lilting, precise and highly vibrant medium-bodied flavors that culminate in a distinctly firm, intense, mineral-inflected and long finish. This is also very serious with moderate backend austerity that offers a bit more volume than the Latricières if perhaps not quite the same sense of refinement even though there is a bit less structure.
Allen Meadows - burghound.com - Jan 2014
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