Wines of the Week: Our choice of elegant Pinot Noir
From it's home in Burgundy, France, Pinot Noir has spread out across the globe. Enjoying cooler climes and sometimes difficult to work with, it is a wine which can produce extreme elegance. Enjoy the following top value examples.
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The wines featured here are chosen according to high point scored and 4 or 5 star value for money. In other words, for the price that you pay for the quality which is in the bottle, you will be well pleased with your purchase. Wines with a five star value offer outstanding quality for the price, four star offer very good quality for the price while a one star value, well, it’s your choice.
2012 La Vierge Seduction Pinot Noir
Tasting Notes
Fine cerise. Bright cherry aromas, a little herbal and grippy on the palate chunky at present but promising enough to be worth the wait.
Occasions
– Elegant Meal
– Winter Meal
– Summer Meal
– Dazzle a Date
Goes With
– Poultry
– Lamb
– Fish
– Shellfish
2012 Bosman Family Vineyards De Bos Walker Bay Pinot Noir
Tasting Notes
Delicate mid crimson. Black cherry aromas, finely textured tannins, almost cedar wood spice, good fruit purity.
Occasions
– Elegant Meal
– Winter Meal
– Summer Meal
– Dazzle a Date
Goes With
– Fish
– Shellfish
– Cream-based Pasta
2010 Backsberg Beyond Borders Pinot Noir
Tasting Notes
Strawberry red with spicy cedar wood, cigar box aromas. Morello cherry notes emerging through slightly sappy oak, juicy yet faintly charry still youthful and evolving.
Occasions
– Elegant Meal
– Winter Meal
– Summer Meal
– Dazzle a Date
Goes With
– Poultry
– Lamb
– Fish
– Shellfish
Is it a good wine?
0 to 50 points: Do not take orally
50 to 60 points: A very ordinary wine
60 to 69 points: Good enough commercial wine
70 to 79 points: Good to very good wine
80 to 89 points: Excellent wine
90 + points: World Class wine
