Question about Pinot Noir

I have not tried Siduri's OR offering yet but will look forward to it. Is it in the full bodied style like Cristom Marjorie's Vineyard, or lighter like Patricia Green, etc.?

It is lighter than the California bottlings, but I have not had either of the two pinots you mention here. FWIW, the guy at my wine shop steered me to the Siduri over the Patricia Green, saying that it better reflected the terroir and was more French in style.

Dimitri

I had the opportunity to try two Siduri PN's last summer while luxuriating at L'Auberge de Sedona AZ. One was from CA and one from OR and, fool that I am, I neglected to write down the specific vineyards. Both were excellent and very distinctively different in style. The CA was quite dark and Burgundian, while the OR was a new world style, style quite rich, but with brighter red-fruit flavors.

I would not hesitate, if faced with Siduri on a dealer's shelf to make the purchase.

Fortunately for my budget, I never see Siduri on the shelf.

Thanks; I prefer the Siduri/Cristom style, although there is certainly a place for the cherry Jolly Rancher types too.

I live in Canada. I've tried a number (ten or so) of PN from Ontario and they were pretty much uniformly... awful. If you've actually had good PN from Ontario, please post the names. Thanks.

When I lived in California (until Oct 2001), I enjoyed very much the local PN. There is quite a wide variety of styles and the ones I liked most were perhaps the most un-Burgundian in style. I guess if I want to drink Burgundy, I would buy a Burgundy. I expect a wine made from pinot noir in California to be completely different. Some of my favorites were from Etude and Lane Tanner. There were also two rather inexpensive PNs that I like very much, one made by Morgan in Monterey and another by Chalone (the Gavilan PN). Unfortunately, I've never seen these for sale in Montreal where I now live.

Which PN's have you had that are darn good?

Dana

snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (E. Carl Speros) wrote in news:6322-3FDAFA13-47 @storefull-3118.bay.webtv.net:

Her newsletter only claims to be nmaed one of three best. The Niagra claims would be as a result of the following from her newsletter which spams my box regularly?

Konzelmann 2001 Riesling Select Late Harvest, Niagara $24/95 for the half bottle: lovely citrus fruit with perfectly calibrated acidity in this sweet wine. Available from the winery (905-935-2866) and in LCBO stores. Score: 92/100.

Several wines from a very hot new Niagara winery, Angel's Gate. All are available by the case from Rob Elvy in Ontario at 613-547-2669 and 613-530-0575 or snipped-for-privacy@cogeco.ca. 2002 Vidal Blanc $11.95: can't beat the price for this wonderful white sipper that has tropical tree fruit (stock up for parties). Its red cousin is the 2002 Gamay $13.95: a smooth, medium-bodied red that's simple yet enjoyable.

Gamay is not PN the others are whites. If you are going to spout at least get a little real. My tastes aren't as refined as some hear and my idea of tasting notes don't reflect all of the nuances, but I do drink what I claim to like and at least take a sip of that which I do not.