Here`s some more love:
“When Pinot producers get it right, the wines have it all: gorgeous aromatics, silky texture, bright acidity and supple tannins. What’s not to like?”… Natasha Hughes, MW
“Many young Pinot Noirs have suffered with judges who didn’t understand them. Simple, fruity Pinot Noirs with no cellar potential often end up with gold medals, when far better wines that are just too young get silvers or bronzes. Given a little time in the bottle, they become far better than those that got gold medals.”…Attribution lost
“There’s still a long way to go with too many Pinot Noirs; too many of my notes said something along the lines of ‘red wine not Pinot Noir,’ ‘lacks varietal definition,’ ‘too little characteristic perfume’…Those that scored poorly need to get the heat and hulking body out of the wine, get perfume, typical fruit, elegance and silky smooth texture in. Pinot Noir is such an exciting cultivar, and is going great things in places such as Australia and New Zealand. The benchmark in the New World is so much higher than even just a decade ago.”…Sally Easton, MW
“If an alien asked me: “What can Americans achieve? I’d sit him down with a glass of Eyrie Pinot and a copy of As I Lay Dying.”…John Atkinson, MW
“Cabernet is big and boisterous and tannic. Pinot is complicated and sexy.”… Anonymous winemaker
“Reduction was a problem (at Drinks Business Global Pinot Noir Masters tasting): I guess that winemakers, in their quest to preserve the fragile fruit aromas of Pinot Noir, are avoiding any oxidation, but have gone too far to the other extreme. As a result, so many of the wines were flat, tarry, rubbery and smoky on the nose; no oxidation but no Pinot Noir charm either.”…Jonathan Pedley, MW
“Pinot is like the little girl who had a curl: when it is good, it is very, very good; when it is bad, it is horrid.”…One of judges at Drinks Business Global Pinot Noir Masters tasting
“Pinot Noir is very hard to get right, particularly at the cheaper end of the price scale.”…Jonathan Pedley, MW
“A great Pinot chases its own tail.”…Actor Kurt Russell
“I think if you asked most people what’s the next best place outside of Burgundy that makes Pinot Noir, hopefully, it’s the Willamette Valley.”…Steve Doerner, winemaker Cristom Vineyards
“I think I’m simply too much of a Burgundian at heart to be able to appreciate fully whether Pinot Noir in other guises can be considered to achieve greatness.”…Benjamin Lewin, MW
“I’m Doon with Noir.”…Randall Grahm, winemaker
“There’s a magic in Pinot Noir, it’s a lifelong pursuit. While Cabernet is in front of grand homes, Pinot Noir is in peasant plots. Pinot Noir is of the earth. There’s that part of Pinot Noir that is decay. There’s a sort of fleetingness about it, there’s a purity. It’s refreshing. It’s without clutter.”…Richard Sanford, Alma Rosa Winery