Pinot Noir is a pale, perfumed red of red-berry fruit and forest-floor complexity, prized for translucency and finesse rather than power. Notoriously difficult to grow, it reaches its pinnacle in Burgundy and shines in cooler New World sites like the Willamette Valley.
Characteristics
- Colour
- red
- Body
- light
- Sweetness
- dry
- Tannin
- low
- Acidity
- high
- Also known as
- Spätburgunder
Typical flavours
- raspberry
- red cherry
- mushroom
- forest floor
- rose
Where Pinot Noir grows best
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What to eat with Pinot Noir
- salmon
- roast duck
- mushroom risotto