Pinot Noir is one of the best grapes for understanding how much place can change a wine.
For this Tuesday’s tasting, we’re putting the Old World and New World side by side, giving you the chance to taste how the same grape can express itself completely differently depending on where it is grown and how it is made.
Old World Pinot Noir — most famously from regions like Burgundy — tends to lean toward freshness, acidity, earthiness, herbs, subtle spice and more savory flavors. The fruit is often more restrained, allowing the vineyard, soil and climate to take center stage.
New World Pinot Noir generally comes from warmer, sunnier regions and often shows riper red and dark fruit, a rounder texture, more richness and sometimes a more noticeable influence from oak.
Neither style is better — that’s exactly what makes the comparison so interesting.
Pinot Noir is famously sensitive to its surroundings, making it one of the clearest ways to experience the idea of terroir in your glass. Tasting the wines side by side lets you see just how dramatically climate, geography and winemaking decisions can shape a single grape variety.
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