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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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"Stylistically much like the Ech but with more size, weight and punch plus the always present minerality of classic Cros Parantoux gives this a certain much needed rigor. The wonderfully spicy nose explodes from the glass and this is much more expressive and forward than is usual for young Cros, in fact the delicious, classy and deep flavors are remarkably approachable and supple already. Still, there is an underlying backbone of solid but fine tannins and this will require all or most of a decade to realize its full potential. In short, this is a most interesting if not genuinely great example of Rouget Cros." 90-92/100 (Alan Meadows - Burghound - Jan 2005)
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