Pinot Noir: Difference between revisions

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In the winery, Pinot Noir demands gentle handling due to its delicate structure. Winemakers often use open-top fermenters and manual punch-downs to extract colour and tannin. Oak usage is typically restrained, with French oak barrels preferred for their ability to enhance the grape’s subtle aromatics. The resulting wines are typically light to medium-bodied, with bright acidity and moderate alcohol.

Aromatically, Pinot Noir is known for its expressive profile, often showing red fruit such as cherry, raspberry, and strawberry in youth, evolving into earthy, mushroom, and forest floor notes with bottle age. The grape’s ability to transmit the nuances of site and climate has made it the benchmark varietal for terroir expression in red wine<ref>Jamie Goode, ''The Science of Wine: From Vine to Glass'', University of California Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0520275750.</ref>

Aromatically, Pinot Noir is known for its expressive profile, often showing red fruit such as cherry, raspberry, and strawberry in youth, evolving into earthy, mushroom, and forest floor notes with bottle age. The grape’s ability to transmit the nuances of site and climate has made it the benchmark varietal for terroir expression in [[red wine]]<ref>Jamie Goode, ''The Science of Wine: From Vine to Glass'', University of California Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0520275750.</ref>

== Definition and Characteristics ==

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 In the winery, Pinot Noir demands gentle handling due to its delicate structure. Winemakers often use open-top fermenters and manual punch-downs to extract colour and tannin. Oak usage is typically restrained, with French oak barrels preferred for their ability to enhance the grape’s subtle aromatics. The resulting wines are typically light to medium-bodied, with bright acidity and moderate alcohol.
-Aromatically, Pinot Noir is known for its expressive profile, often showing red fruit such as cherry, raspberry, and strawberry in youth, evolving into earthy, mushroom, and forest floor notes with bottle age. The grape’s ability to transmit the nuances of site and climate has made it the benchmark varietal for terroir expression in red wine<ref>Jamie Goode, ''The Science of Wine: From Vine to Glass'', University of California Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0520275750.</ref>
+Aromatically, Pinot Noir is known for its expressive profile, often showing red fruit such as cherry, raspberry, and strawberry in youth, evolving into earthy, mushroom, and forest floor notes with bottle age. The grape’s ability to transmit the nuances of site and climate has made it the benchmark varietal for terroir expression in [[red wine]]<ref>Jamie Goode, ''The Science of Wine: From Vine to Glass'', University of California Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0520275750.</ref>
 == Definition and Characteristics ==