Pinot Noir is a finicky grape. It only grows in the right climate, with the right soils and the right care. Pinot Noir may be the toughest grape to grow, but the effort is well worth the investment. It is a fickle grape that demands optimum growing conditions, calling for warm days consistently supported by cool evenings.
Pinot Noir is a lighter coloured and flavoured red wine, well-suited to pair with poultry, ham, lamb and pork. Its flavours are reminiscent of sweet red berries, plums, tomatoes, cherries and at times a notable earthy or wood-like flavour, depending on specific growing conditions.
Due to the stringent growing requirements for Pinot Noir, it is produced in much smaller quantities than other popular red wines. Traditionally, you will also pay a little more for Pinot Noir, as the "supply and demand" theories kick in.
Zorgvliet wines also produce Pinot Noir often referred to as the heartbreak grape, you can enjoy bottles from Zorgvliet's Silver Myn range like the Silver Myn Pinot Noir 2007.
Tasting Notes:
- The wine shows rich, ripe, clean blueberry fruit along with truffle perfume on the nose.
- The palate is elegantly structured, showing black cherry fruit, with a fine integrated structure balanced by wood which was in contact with the wine for only six months.
- A wine that is as unique for the variety as the area that it originates from.
- Although restrained now will reward well with a couple of years of bottle maturation.
Food Pairing
Pinot Noir is well-suited to pair with poultry, beef, fish, ham, lamb and pork. It will play well with creamy sauces, spicy seasonings and may just be one of the world's most versatile food wines.
