Pinot Noir is hard to grow and easy to love: pale, perfumed and silky, and capable of the most seductive red wine on earth. This quick guide explains why it needs cool weather, how Burgundy's slopes and Pacific fog shape it, and what whole bunches and oak do.
Page two compares ten regions, from the Côte de Nuits to Oregon, New Zealand and Chile, with bottles to try, the label names that hide Pinot and five styles with food matches.
What's inside
Pinot Noir at a glance: home, family, body and other names
A cool-to-warm flavour scale, from cranberry to cola
How place shapes the wine, what the winemaker does, and the oak dial
Ten key regions compared, with a bottle to try at every price
Label names that don't mention the grape, styles with food matches, serving and ageing
Pinot Noir is hard to grow and easy to love: pale, perfumed and silky, and capable of the most seductive red wine on earth. This quick guide explains why it needs cool weather, how Burgundy's slopes and Pacific fog shape it, and what whole bunches and oak do.
Page two compares ten regions, from the Côte de Nuits to Oregon, New Zealand and Chile, with bottles to try, the label names that hide Pinot and five styles with food matches.
What's inside
Pinot Noir at a glance: home, family, body and other names
A cool-to-warm flavour scale, from cranberry to cola
How place shapes the wine, what the winemaker does, and the oak dial
Ten key regions compared, with a bottle to try at every price
Label names that don't mention the grape, styles with food matches, serving and ageing
