Pinot Noir Is Meant for Lovers
A supple and sexy wine, Pinot Noir, at its best,
is a luxuriously exquisite and elegant wine.
Pinot Noir is the ultimate red wine for pairing
with food. The celebrated red wines of the
French district of Burgundy are Pinot Noir.
Pinot Noir lovers are seldom at a loss for adjectives
to describe the flavors and aromas captured in this
hauntingly intoxicating wine. Flavors and aromas
run the full spectrum of fruit including black cherry,
raspberry, cranberry, fresh strawberry, Bing cherry,
and blueberry. Often found in the nose of finer
offerings are rose petal, cinnamon, vanilla, anise,
black pepper, and an array of assorted other spices.
The aromas and flavors are only the beginning...the
mouth feel of good Pinot Noir is often rich and
silky if not outright velvety.
Don't expect deep inky colors like you find in Cabernet
Sauvignon. The color of Pinot Noir ranges from a
light red, almost rose, to a deep garnet. The flavors
are very different, too. Pinot Noir at its best
is sexy; elegant, smooth and velvety on the tongue..."satin
sheets in a bottle."
Pinot Noir should be delicate with deliciously ripe,
concentrated strawberry and/or raspberry flavors
and can have barnyard overtones and luscious spices.
It is difficult to describe all the flavors and
styles of Pinot Noir because there are more than
1000 different clones that produce a wide variety
of styles from heavy, jammy, "in your face" wines,
to light, delicate but complex wines and all possible
combinations in between.
When drinking Pinot Noir, look for elegance. Enjoy
the bouquet. The balance and the layers of flavor
will envelop you. Let this sexy wine entice your
senses! Let the wine caress your tongue! Experience
Pinot Noir and you will be seduced!
There are many other wonderful wine varietals but
we can't think of any other wine type which captures
so many flavors, aromas, and sensations as Pinot
Noir.
Part of the enormous growth in the popularity of
Pinot Noir can be attributed to its remarkable versatility
in being paired with food. Pinot Noir can be paired
with fish, lamb, poultry, and some game. For holiday
meal pairing, Pinot Noir is the perfect match to
roast turkey and the "trimmings".
Producing great Pinot Noir is no easy task for even
for the most accomplished of winemakers. No single
grape type is more temperamental or difficult to
work with than Pinot Noir. Several top winemakers
have turned prematurely gray attempting to coax
the hidden beauty and potential from this finicky
grape.
There is a saying within the wine industry...there
are only two kinds of Pinot Noir; good Pinot Noir
and bad Pinot Noir. Fortunately for wine lovers,
the choices of good Pinot Noir continue to grow
as your experience today will reveal.
Begin
an Affair with these great wines today!
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