Decidedly the famed crimson grape of Burgundy, one of the best examples of Pinot Noir can encourage goosebumps for its sheer ingesting pleasure.
Gentle bodied with recent acidity, Pinot Noir wines can overdeliver on flavour with floral, fruity, savoury, earthy, advanced and lingering flavours.
From nation to area, sub-region to single winery, Pinot Noir is able to expressing the place it comes from, and whereas Burgundy is its house, with intricacies of its personal, Pinot Noir has tailored and excelled in wine areas throughout the globe.
Scroll all the way down to see 15 top-scoring Pinot Noir wines from DWWA 2022
Outcomes from the lately introduced Decanter World Wine Awards spotlight the flexibility of this selection, with an unbelievable 11 nations represented within the competitors’s prime medal classes – Gold, Platinum and Finest in Present.
Burgundy obtained essentially the most Platinum medals with three distinctive wines awarded, but it surely was New Zealand’s Valli Pinot Noir 2020 from Bannockburn, Central Otago that obtained the only Finest in Present medal inside the grouping.
In reality, with 13 Gold medals, one Platinum and one Finest in Present, New Zealand noticed extra prime medals awarded for its Pinot Noir wines than every other nation. Regional Chair for New Zealand, Cameron Douglas MS commented: ‘Pinot Noir was a superb performer this yr with regional and even some sub-regional voices heard by the wines.’
Valli, Pinot Noir, Bannockburn, Central Otago 2020 – Finest in Present, 97 factors
Elsewhere, Switzerland noticed standout success with a 97-point wine for Hammel Rolle’s Clos du Châtelard, Cuvée des Sens Pinot Noir 2020 from Villeneuve Chablais Grand Cru, Vaud. In California, Donum’s East Slope Pinot Noir 2019 from Los Carneros was the highest winner for the US, additionally awarded 97 factors and a Platinum medal.
From Germany, Italy and South Africa to Argentina, Chile, Australia and the Czech Republic, Gold medals have been awarded to standout Pinot Noirs – every re-tasted a minimal of thrice earlier than its rating being confirmed.
A really international competitors, outcomes from the Decanter World Wine Awards are testomony to the standard Pinot Noir wines that may be discovered throughout the globe – so what higher day than Worldwide Pinot Noir Day to focus on a number of the competitors’s greatest.
Beneath uncover a number of the top-scoring wines from the 2022 competitors, with extra Gold, Silver and Bronze medal Pinot Noir wines to find on our outcomes web site awards.decanter.com
15 top-scoring Pinot Noir wines to attempt
Argentina
Zorzal, Porfiado, Gualtallary, Tupungato, Mendoza NV
Gold, 95 factors
Inviting and stylish, with aromas of crimson fruit main on to a textured palate of pure fruit and a lifted minerality. Pretty stress and an unforgettable end. Alc 11.8%
Australia
De Bortoli, Riorret the Abbey Pinot Noir , Yarra Valley, Victoria 2020
Gold, 96 factors
The nostril is savoury and spiced with beetroot and smoked wooden, with a magical perfumed really feel. The palate options beautiful, crunchy crimson raspberry fruits and a lifted floral word, with ripe and agency, well-integrated tannins. The end is exact and chronic and leaves a fantastic palate. Alc 13.8%
Levantine Hill, Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley, Victoria 2019
Gold, 96 factors
Fragrant, smoky nostril with hints of truffle and ceps. Exact clusters of tiny berries, recent citrus, blood orange and dried rose are mixed with forest flooring nuances to make this fairly particular. A silky, creamy/espresso texture and easy and tender tannins, lead to a sublime and harmonious wine. Alc 13%
Chile
Viña Morandé, Black Collection Pinot Noir, Traiguén, Malleco Valley 2020
Gold, 96 factors
Reticent, earthy crimson fruits emerge slowly within the glass with floral and wild berry notes. Shades of Vosne Romanee emerge over time. Wild strawberry, negroni-like complexity, and graphite-like stress with some actually superb, pretty plentiful (for Pinot) tannin. Lengthy, trendy, and understated. Alc 13.5%
Czech Republic
B/V Vinařství, Reserva Pinot Noir, Slovácká, Moravia 2015
Gold, 95 factors
An intensely floral nostril with ripe fruits and underlying spicy characters. The wine reveals a pleasant mouthfeel, well-structured, with good acidity and superb use of oak. Alc 13%
France
Albert Bichot, Hospices de Beaune Cuvée Cyrot-Chaudron, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, Burgundy 2020
Platinum, 97 factors
Ripe, expressive plum, blueberry, and mulberry fruit accented with notes of rose petal, licorice, and smoke. A wealthy and mouthfilling assault adopted by a texture that’s agency however not forbidding. The wine reveals an magnificence and approachability that’s gratifying. This could age nicely. Alc 14.1%
Madame Veuve Level, Clos des Chênes, Volnay 1er Cru, Burgundy 2019
Platinum, 97 factors
Basic plum and black cherry fruit with hints of anise, espresso grounds, and earthy torrefaction. Seductive and full of life within the mouth, recent and perfumed with spice and crimson berry fruits. There’s simply the correct amount of extraction, with grip, density, and size, however nothing is overdone. Alc 14.2%
Maison Evenstad, Les Grands Épenots, Pommard 1er Cru, Burgundy 2019
Platinum, 97 factors
Ripe blackberry and black cherry fruits with a little bit of the attribute Pommard iron and leather-based accents. On the palate it’s delicate and refined, velvety, and brimming filled with redberry fruits. There’s a beautiful vitality and magnificence to this wine with a core of limestone freshness. Alc 14%
Germany
Fritz Wassmer, Sommerhalde Bombach Spätburgunder, Baden 2019
Gold, 96 factors
Elegant nostril with expressive character: ripe Morello cherries, blackberries, crimson berries and hints of superb toasting. The palate is elegant and intensely concentrated with juicy fruits, lingering acidity and very good size. Expressive and scrumptious with ticks in each field. It’s spot-on. Irresistible ingesting. Alc 13.5%
Italy
Rosset Terroir, Pinot Noir 850, Valle d’Aosta 2019
Gold, 96 factors
Beautiful leafy tomato, clove, cherry, charred crimson pepper and kirsch nostril. The palate is juicy, ripe and concentrated with vibrant acidity, well-integrated oak and lifted mineral elements. Distinguished and characterful, that is in excellent form from each route and has a really lengthy, advanced and convincing end. Bravo! Alc 14%
New Zealand
Valli, Pinot Noir, Bannockburn, Central Otago 2020
Finest in Present, 97 factors
Bannockburn sits on the coronary heart of one of many wine world’s most promising Pinot places exterior Burgundy, and this darkish, aromatic but intensely fruited wine drew our judges’ consideration not only for the panache of its fruit but in addition for its depth, drive, construction and resonance. The blackberry and plum fruits you could find on the nostril are virtually brooding, and a far cry from the typically easy enchantment of the area’s pioneer Pinots. On the palate it’s mouth-filling and deep with high-resolution focus; the acidity is neither trivial nor shrill; the tannins are tender, however carry a helpful flavour print. It’s after you swallow, although, that you simply come to understand its sinew and ligament, its interior seriousness and its sheer completeness. Very superb Pinot by any measure. Alc 14%
Palliser Property, Hua Nui Winery Pinot Noir, Martinborough, Wairarapa 2019
Platinum, 97 factors
Distinctive bouquet with a flinty character, displaying elegant savoury aromas of autumn leafs and notes of cranberry, wild raspberry and tinned strawberry. Pretty vibrant and velvety palate with completely ripe fruit and dense tannins. Alc 13%
South Africa
Lothian of Elgin, Pinot Noir, Elgin 2019
Gold, 95 factors
Pretty lifted Pinot fruit with raspberry and cherry and delicate oak spice element. Pretty ripe, wealthy flavours of raspberry and strawberry, meaty-steak complexities, heat butter, and moist slate. The grippy but recent end holds well-integrated oak with a lingering word of cherries. Alc 14%
Switzerland
Hammel Rolle, Clos du Châtelard, Cuvée des Sens Pinot Noir, Villeneuve Chablais Grand Cru, Vaud 2020
Platinum, 97 factors
Superb, delicate and alluring, with fairly aromas of hibiscus, tea, crimson cherry and crimson berry, whereas the textured palate is graced with shapely tannins, savoury beetroot notes, smoky cedar and luxurious, wealthy crimson fruit. Alc 13.5%
USA
Donum, East Slope Pinot Noir, Los Carneros, California 2019
Platinum, 97 factors
Superb, fragrant nostril of blackberry, ripe black cherry and candy brambly fruit with meaty, peppery notes. Crafted character on the wealthy, refined palate with smoky oak well-integrated with the fruit. Fantastically elegant construction with easy tannins and vibrant acidity, the flavour continues on the lengthy end. Alc 13.9%
