pinot noir Archives – Page 14 of 16

2013 Pellegrini Wine Company Pinot Noir Toboni Oakwild Ranch Russian River Valley, Sonoma County

“A vibrant wine, but it skews tart, toward rhubarb and strawberry…”

“a sharp rhubarb mid-note and a finish like a blazing comet tail…”

Wines from small producers committed to sustainability in the vineyard and the cellar.

Pinot Noir is a tuning fork for terroir. Here’s one way to think about that.

The Champagne blender’s art is to foresee what each element might contribute to the long conversation taking place inside the bottle.

These sixteen Pinot Noir from warm California vintages feel friendly, juicy, spicy—and just right for cooler weather.

The tiny appellation of Rosé des Riceys, in the midst of Champagne, yields a gleaming, still rosé wine.

Rosé wines are meant for summer, yes. Also: fall, winter, and spring.

Inman’s wines are suffused with grace and élan, the beautiful results of work that begins with soil.

Winter’s best red wines wrap their fruit around an earthy core, binding them to the seasonings and simmered savoriness in winter’s comfort foods.

Twomey’s 2012 Pinot Noirs are brilliant and delicious, serious and elegant, all at once.

A wine both chiseled and delicate, with a framework of bones and iron bedecked in pale flowers—it’s Burgundian, but from somewhere new.