Burgundy vs. Pinot Noir

Since red Burgundy is made from Pinot Noir in a specified manner from a specified region in France, the question really comes down to what vineyard regions do you prefer for Pinot Noir wines. Pinot Noir is one of the more difficult grapes to grow and even in Burgundy there is much variation in wines made from it depending on clone variation, slight changes in location, the weather,the skill in growing the grapes and making the wine etc. Thus you are likely to find both good and bad examples of Pinot Noir in any region that grows it. If one is seeking long lasting top wines and is willing to store them properly for up to a few decades in some cases and is willing to pay an often very high price, I would select the wines of a few top estates in Burgundy in the best years. But you can also find very poor wines from Burgundy, sometimes at a high price. If cost is an issue or you can not wait to age top red Burgundy, you may do better with a Pinot Noir from elsewhere. Also a few red Burgundy wines will be much better in some years than their reputation suggests. If you can find these they may be worth buying, but such wines tend to be bought up fast once the word gets around.

Er, Burgundy can be white and therefore not PN... :-)

The question is a little like asking "Riesling or Mosel?", only less precise :-)

Absolutely!

Fritz Wieninger, the top wine-grower here in Vienna, Austria, once summed it up:

There is white wine, there is red wine, and there is pinot noir.

M.

So it is merlot's antimatter...

Or Syrah's. Growers that I've spoken to describe Syrah as growing like a weed.

Mark Lipton

Fritz did not speak about growing pinot, but of winemaking. There no other grape as capricious in the cellar as pinot noir.

M.

Michael Pronay ha scritto:

The cellar reflects the difficulties to grow PN and its sensitivity to any whether caprice

Luk