Pinot Noir

At a glance

• Red cherry
• Pale color
• Fine tannin

Recognize it

Pale color with high acidity and fine tannin. Red cherry and raspberry are common fruit markers. Earthy and mushroom notes can develop with bottle age.

Similar grapes

• Gamay

  Similar pale, fresh and red-fruited.

  Difference Gamay is usually lower in tannin and more overtly juicy or floral.

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• Nebbiolo

  Similar pale color and high acidity.

  Difference Nebbiolo has far firmer, more drying tannin.

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Explore

Wines made from Pinot Noir

• Franciacorta
• Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
• Sancerre
• Beaune
• Red Burgundy
• Chambertin
• Corton
• Gevrey-Chambertin
• Pommard
• Crémant de Bourgogne
• Rully
• Oregon Pinot Noir
• Volnay
• Mercurey
• Givry
• Vougeot

Where it grows

• Burgundy
• Champagne
• Sonoma County
• Willamette Valley
• France
• Switzerland
• United States
• Canada
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• Tasmania
• Patagonia
• Aconcagua
• Lombardy
• Baden
• Santa Rita Hills