23 February

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir, or Burgundy as it is known in France, is rapidly emerging as coveted red wines by wine experts and wine enthusiasts alike.

Pinot Noir wine is unfortunately for the winery very difficult to make, and even more difficult to produce sensational wines. However once you first enjoy an extraordinary Pinot Noir it then initiates a journey to then another and another. For some Pinot Noir wine becomes an addiction! That claim maybe too strong I believe, perhaps more an obsession for Pinot Noir would be more accurate. And, to satisfy that obsession having the best glasses for tasting Pinot Noir is very important, to be able to know all of the myriad nuances that a good or great Pinot Noir can provide.

The sudden upsurge in Pinot Noir demand worldwide can be put down to the mystique and degree of difficulty that it takes to produce a great Pinot Noir. In France they typically blend many different finished Pinot Noir wines to make a Burgundy, this is part of the French technique. The New world wine regions of New Zealand, Australia, and USA, utilizing modern wine making techniques are producing exceptional single vineyard Pinot Noir wines and are having outstanding success at wine exhibitions and in wine exports.

In my opinion Riedel Pinot Noir glasses are the best glasses for drinking Pinot Noir. They are perfectly designed to deliver the Pinot Noir to your palate so that the wine hits the taste buds that are bestset up to receive the flavor. The crystal utilized is of the very best quality and provides you a clear viewing of the many colors of the wine, which of course can tell you a lot about the quality of Pinot Noir.

The fact that wine connoisseurs, wine industry professionals, and serious wine experts so frequently own Riedel red and white wine glasses is an endorsement of their reputation as the optimal wine glasses for experiencing Pinot Noir. Serious wine tasters on some occassions will be tasting several hundreds of wines over a period of a short time. They base their reputations on the need to be able to identify all the flavors they can, immediately they taste a Pinot Noir wine.

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