Pinot Noir

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Jerome Seguin's 0.7 acre plot of Chambolle Musigny vines are just above the village chapel, an unfortunately prime location for the damage from 2021's April frosts. But the 40-50 year-old vines then... Read More

We think the March, 2025, Vinous review of this 100% Pinot Noir gets it mostly right: “The NV Brut Blanc de Noirs Premier Cru sports the merest touch of pink and the perfume of tart red and green apples. A trace of reductive... Read More

One of California's top Pinot houses reaches up to Oregon's Zena Crown vineyard for a Warrior Princess of a wine! Jeb Dunnuck captures it nicely in the 95 point rave, it’s a youthful ruby hue and is floral and ripe... 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

A small production, single plot, Pinot with real elegance and spice. As Vinous says in the 92 point write-up, Picked in a parcel within the Kräutergarten with higher active lime content and less topsoil. It was fermented... Read More

Lower ABV Leo Hillinger created Secco after an employee discovered she was battling breast cancer, and even today - more than 10 years later - a portion of the proceeds of his Secco sales go to breast cancer research. It's... Read More

Lower ABV Leo Hillinger created Secco after an employee discovered she was battling breast cancer, and even today - more than 10 years later - a portion of the proceeds of his Secco sales go to breast cancer research. It's... Read More

A very grand Charmes-Chambertin delivering the perfect balance of power and finesse.

The vines Jim Maresh planted on their own roots back in 1970 is today arguably the best, and certainly one of the most important, vineyards in the Dundee Hills. Jim’s grandson uses almost all the fruit for his Arterberry... Read More

Lower ABV One critic called this “easy-going” and another “no-frills yet easy-to-like” which nicely sums up this blend of fruit from Dundee Hills and neighboring sites. Wine Spectator’s 92 point review... Read More

Always a darker, richer, Pinot than you'd expect from Chassagne, the touch of extra freshness from 2021's cooler growing season makes this even harder to resist than usual. Black and red cherry fruit serve as the wine's... 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

Even though it’s one of the larger villages of the Cote d’Or (only Meursault, Gevrey and Beaune give more wine), Sauvigny-les-Beaune is easy to overlook. The south-facing slopes make it fairly easy to get good ripeness... Read More

Organic/Bio Not surprising that a Meo-Camuzet Vosne is terrific, but it is a delight to find one that's delicious now and over the next 10-15 years. As Vinous says in the 90-92+ review, from two hectares split over two parcels... Read More

Owned by Archery Summit, Arcus is on Worden Hill Rd in the Dundee Hills near Maresh, Powell Hill, Weber, Clos Electrique and Le Pavillon. For years the vineyard name was kept off the label at the owners' request, so the sourcing... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Always one of the best values in Willamette Valley Pinot, the Estate Old Vine bottling benefits in 2022 from frost damage that dropped yields to a ton per acre and a decision to put all of the best blocks... Read More

Unique among wines in the Patricia Green Cellar, this is a barrel selection - vs a single vineyard wine - that's made with extra lees contact and aged in 100% new French oak. In 2021, seven of 15 barrels came from the Estate... 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

Lower ABV Patrick Giboulot has only been making wine from his family's Cote de Beaune vines since 2014, but the talent is definitely there. The rich raspberry and black cherry fruit here is balanced beautifully by accents... Read More

Organic/Bio Patrick Marillier began helping other Burgundy growers convert to organic farming in 1992 and began his own small cellar a few years later. Today his son, Stephane, uses the same minimalist winemaking approach from... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Patrick Maroiller was a pioneer of organic farming in Burgundy and he and his son, Stephane take that kind of approach to winemaking, too. Grapes are fully destemmed, ferment with native yeasts, move through... Read More