Pinot Noir between $25 and $50

While the movie Sideways kicked off the California Pinot Noir boom in 2004, it was the anointing of Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2009 as Wine Spectator's Wine of the Year in 2011 that really kicked things into high... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Ben Casteel just keeps cranking out great Chardonnay and Pinot from his family estate in the Eola Hills. As always, this is sleek and darkly fruited with just a touch more body/richness than usual. Delcious... Read More

There aren’t a lot of “great” California Pinot Noirs at this price point; this is one of them. From a vineyard at the foot of the Santa Cruz Mountains first planted in 1910 and then replanted with cuttings from... Read More

Just a delightful, ready to love, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir from a blend of Estate and Van Duzer Vyd fruit. The dark raspberry and red cherry fruit are delicious and fun and buoyed by a lift of red berry acidity and fine, light,... Read More

Lower ABV A savory, soft and easy take on Burgundy Pinot Noir that will shine with anything from roast chicken to a simple steak. It's from vines in and around Meursault and aged 12 months in 30% new barrique and another 12... Read More

Brick & Mortar is really a California sparkling house, meaning they grow a lot of cool-climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. When Pinot gets a bit too ripe for fizz, it’s perfect for elegant, pure, juicy still wines like this... Read More

As Vinous said a few years ago, Broadley Vineyards has been a consistently reliable source of energetic, well-balanced Pinots, but this long-established winery, founded by Claudia and Craig Broadley in 1982, doesn’t seem... Read More

Topline: This is crazy delicious Pinot Noir and very fine red Burgundy that's seriously under-priced. Grab it before the market catches on. Caroline Fyot and Alexia Russo created this small estate in Mercurey in 2018 and make... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV A great example of a quality Pinot Noir from the Eola-Amity region when put in the hands of iconic winemaker Steve Doerner, pioneer of whole cluster ferments in Oregon. Cristom Vineyards predominately works... Read More

Organic/Bio From a fine vineyard at 250M elevation on the southern end of Beaune, touching the 1er Cru slopes. As usual with Billard wines, Jerome picks late to get plenty of fruit flavors and keeps them intact by using wood with... Read More

Organic/Bio Refined and pretty Pinot Noir from 50-year-old certified organic vines in the North of the Cote d'Or, plowed by horse, and grapes stomped by foot! The 2025 vintage is quite promising - the old-vine fruit here is... Read More

Lower ABV A very fine, honest, enjoyable Bourgogne Pinot Noir that definitely doesn't break the bank. It's super fresh right now, almost like a barrel sample, with bright aromas of crushed cherry, raspberry, sweet spice... Read More

Organic/Bio From one of the first estates in Burgundy to go organic (the founders were ecology professors at the Sorbonne), this is lovely Bourgogne Pinot. The 16.5/20 review of the 2022 edition in JancisRobinson.com tells you... Read More

Organic/Bio Only a small amount of Pinot Noir is produced each year by this 11th-generation family-run winery in Sancerre. The bulk of production is, of course, focused on the much more famous white grape of the region, Sauvignon... Read More

This 15 acre vineyard was planted in 2001 and purchased by Joe and Pat Campbell in 2009 where they built a home – and a clay tennis court. The east-facing Pommard and Dijon 115 vines give a terrific blend of rich red fruit... Read More

Organic/Bio Gabin & Felix Richoux's grandfather was the first full-time winemaker in Irancy - although the family continues to tend Vincent Dauvissat's Pinot Noir vines here next to Chablis. This is a beautiful example,... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Heinrich Hartl III is best known for his very serious, structured, Pinot Noirs from top sites on the wooded ridge stretching southward from Vienna’s suburbs. This is his daily-drinking Pinot, done with... Read More

Lower ABV If you don't know Kelley Fox's wines, now's the time. As Vinous reported, Fox has been making some of the Willamette Valley’s most finely detailed, perfumed, unadorned and elegant Pinots for some time... Read More

Excellent value in right down the middle Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. The whole valley is represented here, with fruit from Cascade Foothills, Corvallis, Carlton, Amity and Laurelwood, all aged in old oak. Shows more fresh, crisp,... Read More

With around 3,000 cases made, this is Pascal’s signature wine. It comes from five plots in the village, all farmed with great care and minimal intervention (although they will use commercial sprays when absolutely necessary)... Read More

Lower ABV Beautiful Pinot Noir from pure limestone soils not far from Sancerre. It's full of warm red and black fruit, mainly sweet and sour cherry with a touch of raspberry for complexity. A bit of spice adds complexity to... Read More

Fully mature Pinot Noir that's ready to drink now! Otu is a sustainably-farmed, female-led New Zealand winery that specializes in elegant, mineral-tinged, coastal breeze-influenced wines. Wine Specator describes this vintage... Read More

One of Doug's favorite Patricia Green Pinots from a unique, steeply sloped, west-facing site that gives Pommard on volcanic soil at the top, Dijon 115 on marine sediments lower and a tiny bit of Mariafeld Clone from the transition... Read More

Organic/Bio All Jim Anderson does is make great Pinot Noir - especially in this wine that draws on some of the best vineyards of the Willamette Valley to make the winery's entry-level bottling. As Wine Advocate says in the... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV This is so lovely and weightless it's hard to believe it's 100% whole cluster while the fruit is so ripely delicious it's a bit hard to believe it's from the Hautes Cotes! Crunch black fruits,... Read More