Pinot Noir Wines
Pinot Noir is possibly the most versatile red grape when it comes to the ways it’s been used over the years. From red wines to sparkling wines and beyond, there aren’t many places where you can avoid hearing about it, and for a good reason. It’s often easy to spot a bottle of Pinot Noir simply by the pale, translucent color, which transitions into a shade reminiscent of old-timey brickwork, adding a lovely dash of country charm to an already awe-inspiring drink.
While it may be an omnipresent varietal, it doesn’t exactly grow just anywhere. Because it demands a relatively cool climate, it thrives in some places more than others. Most notably, the region of Burgundy is known for excellent Pinot Noir harvests, and California isn’t too far behind these days.
The flavor is reminiscent of what you might find in a fantasy novel landscape. From flowers to red fruit to spicy undertones, there’s no shortage of aromas to discover as you take your time and get to know your wine. The French variety often includes an undercutting earthy baseline, whereas the Californian version tends to feel softer and lusher. In both cases, the wine goes down smoothly and is light enough to work with many different dishes.
While it may be an omnipresent varietal, it doesn’t exactly grow just anywhere. Because it demands a relatively cool climate, it thrives in some places more than others. Most notably, the region of Burgundy is known for excellent Pinot Noir harvests, and California isn’t too far behind these days.
The flavor is reminiscent of what you might find in a fantasy novel landscape. From flowers to red fruit to spicy undertones, there’s no shortage of aromas to discover as you take your time and get to know your wine. The French variety often includes an undercutting earthy baseline, whereas the Californian version tends to feel softer and lusher. In both cases, the wine goes down smoothly and is light enough to work with many different dishes.
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1993 Meo Camuzet Richebourg - 750 ml99WSAvailability: Available SoonNear-perfect Pinot Noir. Tough and hard but packed with so much flavor, earth and mineral, it just bounces like a ball all over the palate, teasing you with nuances you didn't think you were able to pick up. Elegant, racy and aristocratic, ..." Learn More- 750 ml$3,655.00 -
1996 Alain Hudelot Noellat Richebourg - 1.5L95+JGAvailability: In StockTrace of oak char and discreet, reserved spicy black fruit and rich, full-bodied flavors supported by ripe, dusty tannins and a fine, intense finish. Harmonious and long... Consistent with the traditional Hudelot style emphasizing finesse a..." Learn More- 1.5L$2,999.00 -
2000 Emmanuel Rouget Echezeaux - 750 ml96JSAvailability: In StockIn this case, I had to make no such sacrifice, but I gladly would have. Honestly, if I had known how downright delicious and fulfilling this bottle of 2000 Emmanuel Rouget Echezeaux was going to be, I may have saved it for a more special oc..." Learn More- 750 ml$899.00 -
2000 Kalin Cellars Pinot Noir Cuvee DD Sonoma - 750 ml95+JGAvailability: In StockMy goodness, where has the time gone? Here is a pinot noir from Frances and Terry Leighton that actually has its roots in the twenty-first century! It happens to be from the Demostene Ranch, home to Kalin’s finest pinot bottlings sinc..." Learn More- 750 ml$44.95 -
2000 Jean Grivot Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Beauxmonts - 375 ml90VMAvailability: In StockGood red-ruby. Aromas of raspberry, roasted meat and coffee. Sweet, lush and even, with good ripe acids and lovely vinosity. Not especially dense but floral and lively, with a hint of exotic pineapple. Finishes youthfully tough today, with ..." Learn More- 375 ml$109.00 -
2001 G Roumier Chambolle Musigny les Amoureuses - 750 ml92JGAvailability: In Stock(Chambolle-Musigny “les Amoureuses”- Georges Roumier) The yeastiness from the commercial yeasts that Christophe had to employ to get the fermentation going again in 2001 when the Amoureuses got “stuck” continues to m..." Learn More- 750 ml$3,375.00 -
2001 Emmanuel Rouget Echezeaux - 750 ml94RP-NMAvailability: In StockA moderate garnet hue with thin crimson rim. The nose is quite broody with brambly black fruits, damson and a touch of iodine. The palate has lovely balance with silky tannins, just a gorgeous mouthfeel. Vibrant with notes of plum, blackche..." Learn More- 750 ml$929.00 -
2002 Robert Arnoux Vosne Romanee Les Suchots - 750 ml97RPHGAvailability: In StockFairly dark color. Compelling, exotic nose is truly exciting to experience; sexy, open, spicy, perfumed, and expansive. We pick up scents that recall wormy earth, fresh game, black olives, fruitcake, black licorice, and smoke. The persuasiv..." Learn More- 750 ml$575.00 -
2002 Emmanuel Rouget Vosne Romanee - 750 ml90BHAvailability: In StockA touch of wood spice mixes with anise, soy and violets and the bright, delineated, intense flavors have an attractive under current of minerality and a chalky, dusty texture to them. The finish is vibrant, persistent and complex. This too ..." Learn More- 750 ml$395.00 -
2002 Clos de Lambrays Clos de Lambrays - 750 ml95WEAvailability: Available SoonAn elegant, charming wine that offers structure as well as finesse. The fruits are delicious, perfumed, just maturing into smoky bacon flavors. Dry tannins and red fruits are balanced by fresh acidity.
Wine Enthusiast | 95 ..." Learn More- 750 ml$399.00 -
2003 Louis Jadot Bonnes Mares - 750 ml98RPAvailability: In StockUnquestionably one of the vintage’s finest wines, Jadot’s 2003 Bonnes Mares bursts with roses, violets, cassis liqueur, and black cherries. Armed with magnificent depth, concentration, and extraction, this full-bodied beauty exp..." Learn More- 750 ml$1,395.00 -
2003 Dom. Fourrier Morey St Denis Clos Solon VV - 375 ml90BHAvailability: In StockA combination of ripe pinot fruit and cassis aromas are followed by exceptionally rich, full-bodied and sweet flavors that offer excellent punch and ample power. This is really quite an elegant wine with none of the usual rusticity plus bet..." Learn More- 375 ml$77.95 -
2005 Jean Louis Trapet Latricieres Chambertin - 750 ml94BHAvailability: Available Soon(Domaine Trapet Père et Fils Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru Red) An exceptionally fresh nose of beautiful red berry fruit and mineral hints trimmed in a subtle touch of wood spice introduces absolutely lovely, classy and pur..." Learn More- 750 ml$349.00 -
2005 Drouhin Chambolle Musigny les Amoureuses - 750 ml94BHAvailability: Available Soon(Maison Joseph Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru Red) A drop dead gorgeous nose of wood and natural spice aromas, black and blue pinot fruit aromas nuanced by hints of violets and floral tones leads to seductive, sweet and mo..." Learn More- 750 ml$959.00 -
2005 Anne-Francois Gros Richebourg - 750 ml97DECAvailability: Available SoonGreat site, great vintage. The colour shows no evolution, while the nose is an intense expression of pure raspberry fruit. It's less aromatically overt than the 2006, but super-refined, suave and intense. It's still taut, vibrant and very y..." Learn More- 750 ml$889.00
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2005 Jean Grivot Echezeaux - 1.5L94BHAvailability: Available SoonThis concentrated beauty remains very primary with an herbal top note adding lift to the notably ripe and ultra-spicy black fruit and earth suffused aromas. There is seriously good density to the impressively scaled and imposing big-bodied ..." Learn More- 1.5L$1,575.00
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2005 Meo Camuzet Richebourg - 750 ml97BHAvailability: Available Soon(Domaine Méo-Camuzet ' Richebourg Richebourg Grand Cru Red) This has begun to open, if only a little, to reveal reticent but gorgeously spicy, ripe and strikingly complex aromas of dark pinot fruit, violets, stone, earth and hints of..." Learn More- 750 ml$3,999.00 -
2005 Louis Jadot Bonnes Mares - 750 ml97VMAvailability: In StockGood deep ruby-red color. Pungent aromas of blackberry, blueberry, mocha and brown spices, with a brooding medicinal quality. Fat, chewy, dense and primary, with an impression of sappiness to its flavors of dark fruit liqueur and chocolate...." Learn More- 750 ml$415.00 -
2005 Dujac Vosne Romanee les Malconsorts - 750 ml94JGAvailability: Available Soon(Domaine Dujac Vosne-Romanée “Malconsorts”) The terroir of Malconsorts is one of the finest of the premier crus in Vosne, and the magical, inaugural vintage chez Dujac will be worth a frenzied search to latch onto a few b..." Learn More- 750 ml$985.00 -
2005 Dom. Fourrier Chambolle Musigny Gruenchers VV - 750 ml92RPAvailability: In StockThe 2005 Chambolle-Musigny Les Gruenchers (from a site downhill from Les Fuees and Cras) smells of lingonberries and cherries, displays superb purity of fruit, fine tannins and attractive glycerin on the palate, and finishes strongly with s..." Learn More- 750 ml$375.00 -
2005 DRC Romanee Saint Vivant - 1.5L100DECAvailability: In StockMedium-full colour. Ethereal nose. A lighter wine than many of these Vosne grands crus. Less new oaky also. This is highly individual and very, very delicious. Rich, fragrant and complex. Impeccably textured. A great wine.
Decanter..." Learn More- 1.5L$10,799.00 -
2005 Michel Gros Vosne Romanee Clos Des Reas - 1.5L93RP-NMAvailability: In StockAlthough the blend will be equal measures of new and old oak, my sample came from a new barrel and so as expected has a very vanillary, opulent nose whilst the palate is very sweet and quite floral with oodles of cassis and blueberry. Good ..." Learn More- 1.5L$425.00 -
2005 Lamarche Vosne Romanee la Grande Rue - 750 ml95BHAvailability: In StockA hint of menthol adds nuance to the mostly highly-spiced red berry fruit nose that is quite reserved if beautifully complex while leading to sweet, delicious, generous and round medium full flavors that are classy and refined, all wrapped ..." Learn More- 750 ml$889.00 -
2005 Georges Roumier Chambolle Musigny - 750 ml97-98RPAvailability: Available SoonThere will sadly be fewer than forty cases of 2005 Musigny, which displays pristine ripe and distilled red berry fruit, herbal and bitter-sweet citrus zest and floral essences, and mysterious intimations of meat and minerals on the nose. In..." Learn More- 750 ml$545.00 -
2005 Ponsot Clos de la Roche Vieilles Vignes - 750 ml99BHAvailability: In StockAll the superb and dramatic complexity that this displayed from barrel has made it into bottle as an extremely ripe and fantastically broad nose soars from the glass, merging seamlessly into dense, pure rich and powerful flavors that are op..." Learn More- 750 ml$995.00