October 14, 2006

Pinot Noir

MENDOCINO COUNTY PINOT NOIR
TWO STARS 2004 Baxter Toulouse Vineyard Anderson Valley Pinot Noir ($45) The Baxter Winery's second vintage of Pinot Noir offers a serious nose of deep cherry, slight black walnut, root beer and spice notes, while the flavors run toward cherry and cranberry with a bit of tannin at the end. TWO STARS 2004 Claudia Springs Klindt Vineyard Anderson Valley Pinot Noir ($28) Young and very ripe with an almost jammy nose, this wine is Pinot on its way to Syrah, with some heat and tannins on the finish.

KSBY
It helps in production methods when we de-stem the fruits like the Pinot Noir here. We cold soak our fruit -- basically our Pinot Noir -- for 2-3 days at about 50 degrees, says Wilkinson.

Jayer, Burgundy Pinot Noir Master, Died
Henri Jayer, a master of lush, seductively concentrated and finely-balanced Burundian Pinot Noir died on Wednesday 20/09 at the age of 84 after a long battle with prostate cancer. His immense stature in the wine scene is reflected on the numerous tributes that describe him as an emblematic figure for the rebirth of Burgundian wine-making and a guru of Pinot Noir.

Calera Releases a New Pinot Noir From Mt. Harlan
The vineyards -- Jensen, Selleck, Reed, and Mills have become well known as benchmark names in the world of Pinot Noir. In 1998 he planted a brand-new Pinot Noir vineyard on Mt. Harlan, named Ryan, after Jim Ryan, Calera's vineyard manager since 1979.

Ignoble rot spells trouble for Pinot Noir, Zinfandel
Pinot Noir and Zinfandel are particularly at risk because of their thin skins and tightly formed clusters. "Last year, we were picking Pinot Noir on Aug. 18 and 19.

Stuffed mushrooms a hit with Pinot Noir
STUFFED AND BAKED: The combination of flavors among the red sauce, pesto and cheese is a guaranteed success with a fresh pinot noir.

Urban Landscape
Recently, yours truly sampled Julia’s Pinot Noir and Katherines Chardonnay by Cambria Estate Vineyards and Winery while taking in the fashionable vignettes of clothier Tommy Bahama.

Wine: Fizzy business
In addition, they had the foresight to pioneer the champagne grapes, chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, and to use champagne's traditional bottle-fermentation technique.

Daniel: Saintsbury at 25: elegant, graceful pinot noir
In 1981, they ``took the big plunge,'' as Ward puts it, and made the first Saintsbury chardonnay and pinot noir in borrowed space at Pine Ridge Winery. They still make chardonnay, but pinot noir is their true passion.

You’ll get what you pay for in pinot noir
Then the wine-soaked movie Sideways came out, extolling the virtues of pinot noir and famously insulting merlot with a line we cant repeat in a family newspaper. Pinot noir, as Sideways explains, is a notoriously difficult grape to grow and ripen.

Oregon pinot noir rivals competitiors to the South
Now, throw wine into the rivalry - namely, pinot noir. Oregon pinot noir sales were up 30 percent during a 52-week period that ended July 29 from th e year before, according to ACNielsen, the consumer research firm.

2004 Sebastiani Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is a very difficult wine to make well and an even tougher wine to master.

New Zealand’s Premier Annual Pinot Noir Event
Poole says The exciting addition of the Consumers Choice Awards this year offers consumers the opportunity to pass judgement on the finest 65+ Pinot Noir from 2005 and cast a vote for their four regional selections plus overall favourite. A $1000 worth of New Zealands finest Pinot Noir will be given to the lucky taster that successfully nominates the regional and overall award winners.

Fall the best time for a wine tour
This area has some of the most suitable soils for growing wine grapes that produce some of the finest wines in the world -- including pinot noir, riesling, chardonnay, cabernet franc and others. The region's soil and temperature are ideal for producing award-winning wines including riesling, chardonnay, pinot noir, gamay noir, cabernet franc and baco noir.

Wooing Trees first harvest wins gold for Pinot Noir
The show attracted 2150 entries and had the largest pinot noir class than ever before. The fact that their pinot noir won such a huge accolade from the first grapes was amazing, co-owner Stephen Farquharson said.

South Central Coast Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is finding a home in more places, including areas along the southern portion of California's Central Coast more known for Syrah and other Rhone varieties. TWO AND A HALF STARS 2003 Adelaida Cellars Reserve HRM Estate Paso Robles Pinot Noir ($55) Lots of good oak but there's also plenty of black cherry and blackberry plus pomegranate and dry tea leaf in this layered, well-structured wine, which has enough supple tannins and fruit for aging.

Farm-fresh plums highlight spice of Pinot Noir
On my mind were the bottles of Pinot Noir sitting on my dining table, culled from a recent Chronicle tasting session, and my memory of dark fruit nuances in the wines.

Bologna? Pinot Noir!
SANDWICH: Pinot Noir red wine is the suggested wine to go with a bologna sandwich. But there was surprising agreement from the other two wine and food experts on bologna: Pinot Noir.

Pinot noir enjoying great success
From Burgundy, France, to New Zealand, to the Pacific Coast, pinot noir is enjoying great success as a popular red wine varietal. In a very large wine section for a grocery store, I found a bottle of Terra Romana Pinot Noir ($8.99) from the Eastern European nation of Romania.

Wine and Food Pairing with CIA Wine
Sturgeon, mackerel, salmon or tuna: these possess more oil and fat, so stand up well to a rose or a light red, such as a light-bodied Pinot Noir. Your default wines are as follows: Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, sparkling wine or ros.

Latest selection suggests its time to take a chance on Chile
The Cono Sur Pinot Noir 2006 sells so fast you get the feeling it's being rushed to the market, but then it's made to be drunk young. Newly arrived winemaker Felipe Garcia (ex-Calina) was not involved in the making of the Casas del Bosque Pinot Noir Reserve 2005 but his passion and presence will only make this wine stronger going forward.

Good Scotch, great Scotch and Count Draculas wine cellar
The white, Vampire 2004 Pinot Grigio ($10.95, 87) shows nice spicy apple, lime and lemon peel accents, and the red Vampire 2003 Pinot Noir ($10.95, 87) displays strawberry, candied cherry and vanilla notes, bloody good for the price.