Pinot Noir Is Now The Third-Most-Popular Red Wine In America

Pinot Noir On Its Way To Superstar Status -- Sacramento Bee/McClatchy Tribune

If you asked me my favorite wine, I couldn't tell you. I value variety too much. If you put a gun to my head, I might stammer out the words "pinot noir."

Pinot noir embodies the old wine cliche it's a steel fist in a velvet glove. Less tannic and muscular than cabernet sauvignon, but still powerful in acids and flavors of red berries - cherries, cranberries, raspberries, strawberries - with additional elements of earth, truffles, even minerals.

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My Comment: Not a Pinot Noir drinker .... but for lighter meals it is a good selection.