Pinot Noir: A Guide to the Red Wine Variety

This article provides a comprehensive guide to Pinot Noir, a red wine variety grown in the Burgundy region of France and other parts of the world. It covers topics such as viticulture, viniculture, food pairings, and industry feedback. Discover the characteristics and flavors of Pinot Noir and learn about its cultivation and production processes.

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Introduction
The word “Pinot Noir” is derived from the French words pine and black, it belongs to the
species Vitis Vinifera. This is a red wine variety of grapes that is mostly grown in parts of the
Burgundy region of France (Tomasi et al.,. 2017). This grape is used for preparing wines, and it
is sometimes used in making champagne, sparkling white wines, English sparkling wines and
Italian Franciacorta. This is one of the difficult varieties of grapes to cultivate (Tomasi et al.,.
2017). It is used in making light cultured, medium-bodied wines all around the world.
These varieties of grapes are cultivated dominant in France; however, it is not to mention
that this is also found in areas of Argentina, California, Italy and Germany.
The dominant flavor profile for this variety Pinot Noir is strawberry, cherry, raspberry
and blackberry (Tomasi et al.,. 2017).
The producer of the Pinot Noir wine
It is important to note that the United States is one of the major producers of the Pinot
Noir wine, with most of the best quality wines coming from the Willamette Valley in Oregon
and California’s Sonoma (Yuan et al., 2016). There are some of the vineyards which are known
for the production of this variety of wines, for example, Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley
(Tomasi et al.,. 2017). The Pinot Project Pinot Noir is the high quality wine produced and
handcrafted by the Sonoma County, Monterey.

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The viticulture
 This variety of grape is cultivated in the Burgundy region of France which is generally
cultivated in the highly plucked cluster in order to make susceptible to the variety of
natural hazards.
 Rich valley soils for the perfect variety of Pinot Noir grapes, amount of nutrient-rich soil
and water is essential for the cultivation of this variety of grapes
 Hillside along the elevation of 200feet above the sea level
 Low elevation grapes are ripe and more powerful.
 Inadequate water can lead to the reduction of sugar and flavor may deteriorate from high
to low quality.
 Removal of weeds is essential for the cultivation of this wine and it is crucial to ensure
the moisture holding capacity of the soil is critical to the cultivation of high quality
grapes.
 Willamette valley typically produces one of the denser valleys since crop management is
another crucial aspect of the quality grapes cultivation.
 Role of canopy management is one of the crucial aspects of the quality growth, since
grapes ripen at the end of every season, canopy management is essential to expose the
leaf off for the maximum photosynthesis.
 Clusters exposed to air circulation to minimize the disease pressure.
The viniculture
This is processed through a number of the process like the proportion of the whole
clusters are nurtured under different temperature and lower temperature is maintained throughout

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the process. The cluster undergoes the process of maceration and fermentation, which s one of
making Pinot. Lastly, the process of soaking and fermentation at the warmer temperature is one
of the most parts of bringing aromatics of Pinot (Ledderhof et al., 2017).
Food pairing with the Pinot Noir
Some of the best dishes that can be paired with the Pinot Noir variety are:
Meat:
 Chicken the morels and Tarragon Cream sauce. This helps to bring out the finest taste
with red and white wine
 Grilled salmon with the teriyaki Shiitake: This brings out the taste of wine with the fish
and the final touch can be made with the Salmon with Mushroom sauce.
 Beef and Peking duck can also be paired with a variety of red and white wine.
 Pinot Noir and mushroom are one of the best combinations for people with a taste other
than chicken.
Cheese
 Pairing Pinot with cheese is one of the best tastes that can provide out of the box
experience since wine is generally consumed with one or other form of chicken and meat.

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Chanson Réserve du Bastion Pinot Noir(750 ml)
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Price: $24.95
LCBO item number: #50575
Alcohol %: 12.5
Made in:Oregon
Sugar Content: 4 g/L
Sweetness Descriptor: Extra-dry
Style: Medium-bodied
Varietal: 100% Pinot Noir
Description: This s one of the most expensive red wines of the world, pale in colour,
translucent, subtle in taste, include cranberry, cherry and Raspberry (Wine Folly, 2019).
Tannin is medium-low, presented in multiple regional wine varieties.
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Food Pairing: Fantastic with chicken, duck, pork and mushrooms. It can also be paired with the
cheese too since it is based on the higher acidity and lower tannin (Wine Folly, 2019)
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Vignerons de Buxy Buissonnier Pinot Noir 2015
Pinot Noir(750ml)
Release Date: October 13, 2018
Price: $18.34
LCBO item number: #227983
Alcohol %: 12.5
Made in: Burgundy, France
Sugar Content: 4 g/L
Sweetness Descriptor: Extra-dry
Style: Medium-bodied
Varietal: 100% Pinot Noir
Description: made with elegance, includes red cherry and bright raspberry.
Food pairing: It is best served with mushroom and beef and in case of cheese; it can
better pair with meat (Brsquared.org, 2019)

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Comparative study
While the first drink belongs to one of the finest and expensive categories of red wine
made from the finest quality Pinot Noir grapes. While the first variety is comparatively
expensive and available to few areas, manufactured selected producers and manufacturers, the
second variety is more of regular wine. This is comparatively cheaper and it is also made from
the finest Pinot Noir grapes.
Industry feedback
After the interview conducted with the mange of the Willamette, he helps us to drive
insights into the issue of viticulture and viniculture of one of the most difficult varieties of
grapes, Pinot noir (Willamette Valley Wineries, 2019). This has been observing from the
discussion that it has been found out that Pinot Noir grapes are one of the most sensitive grapes
to be cultivated and it requires extensive care and protection throughout the nurturing procedure.
He also mentioned about the primary wines and the secondary made out of the Pinot Noir grapes.
This has also been highlighted that Chardonnay, which is one of the most consumed wines of the
world is also made from the Pinot Noir variety. This is mostly grown in the cluster with the help
of the proper care, it requires water and mineral-rich resources for the most part of the
year.Lastly it was known that the demand of one of the finest red wines of the world is mostly
found in parts of Europe which is also one of the largest producers of this variety of grapes.

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