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Pinot Noir

First Taste: Champagne Rare 2013

A dazzling addition to the Rare line up...

By Anne Krebiehl MW Last updated 19 July 23
Bass Phillip: Burgundy’s Fourrier down under

Five yet-to-be-released wines from the 2021 vintage…

By Anne Krebiehl MW Published 16 July 23
Stonier: Producer profile and eight wines to try

A look at one of the great names of Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula...

By Anne Krebiehl MW Last updated 14 June 23
(Re)Discovering Pinot Noir: 12 great bottles to try from around the world

In a time of change: where next to find your fix of great Pinot...

By Charles Curtis MW Last updated 8 June 23
New York State’s Pinot Noir potential and 18 wines to try

New York State's precocious Pinot Noir...

By Maiah Johnson Dunn Last updated 3 June 23

Domaine Marquis d’Angerville: 2021 vintage review & 17 wines tasted

Finesse and restraint exemplified in 2021...

By Andy Howard MW Last updated 29 May 23
First Taste: Louis Roederer Cristal 2015

An early-drinking vintage...

By Anne Krebiehl MW Last updated 20 April 23
Discovering Domaine Chanson’s Beaune Premier Crus

New and old releases from one of Burgundy's headline names...

By Andy Howard MW Published 14 April 23
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2011 retrospective

How these wines are shaping up 12 years later...

By Charles Curtis MW Published 27 March 23
First taste: Champagne Bollinger RD 2008

This hotly-anticipated release does not disappoint...

By Simon Field MW Published 15 March 23
First taste: Champagne Henriot Cuvée Hemera 2008

Tasting Henriot's top cuvée from 2008, 2005 and 2003...

By Simon Field MW Last updated 9 March 23

First taste: Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2015

The new release of Veuve Clicquot's prestige cuvée...

By Tom Hewson Published 6 March 23
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2020 in-bottle: first look

A first look at the 2020 vintage in bottle...

By Andy Howard MW Published 3 March 23
First taste: Fleur de Miraval ER3

ER3 has been unveiled...

By Elizabeth Gabay MW Published 1 March 23
Storm Wines: producer profile and latest releases

Single-site Hemel-en-Aarde Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs…

By Chris Wilson Published 16 February 23
Australian Pinot Noir: 25 exciting wines to try

Cool-climate elegance and value…

By Tina Gellie Published 8 February 23
Croser & Bizot: a family vision in Wrattonbully

Two powerhouse wine families from opposite sides of the world, entwined by marriage and making waves in South Australia…

By Sarah Ahmed Published 31 January 23

Spotlight: Pinot Noir’s new grand cru status in Alsace

A new dawn for Alsace Pinot...

By Simon Field MW Published 29 January 23
Bouchard Père & Fils: a journey through Beaune masterclass

A deep-dive into Bouchard's Beaune wines...

By Andy Howard MW Published 23 January 23
Domaine Nicolas-Jay’s Willamette Valley Pinot Noir: 2014-2020 tasted

A full vertical from 2014 to 2020…

By Stephen Brook Published 14 January 23
Felton Road: producer profile and 12 wines to try

Meeting the man behind this famous New Zealand winery…

By Anne Krebiehl MW Published 5 January 23
Burgundy 2018 en primeur: Full report

A vintage where it pays more than ever to know your producer and choose carefully...

By Tim Atkin MW Last updated 15 December 22
Money-no-object Burgundy wines for Christmas

Top of the range Burgundy to track down...

By Chris Mercer Published 14 December 22

The Pinot Noir crossword

Can you get them all...?

By Georgie Hindle Last updated 13 December 22
Restless River: producer profile and six wines to try

Pushing the envelope in Hemel-en-Aarde Valley...

By Chris Wilson Published 26 November 22
First Taste: Champagne Leclerc Briant Abyss Rosé 2018 and Le Clos des Trois Clochers 2016

Another sea-aged cuvée and a single-vineyard wine...

By Yohan Castaing Published 23 November 22
Bachelder: producer profile and 12 wines tasted

The terroir hunter of Canada’s Niagara Peninsula...

By Michelle Cherutti Kowal MW Published 1 November 22
Adam Lee: California’s Pinot Noir whisperer and 10 top wines

From Siduri to the Santa Lucia Highlands…

By Sara Schneider Published 31 October 22
Tolpuddle Vineyard: producer profile and 19 wines tasted

A Tasmania dream realised...

By David Sly Last updated 26 October 22

German Grosses Gewächs: Top 2021 whites and 2020 reds

Caro Maurer MW rates the new German Grosses Gewächs 2022 releases, picking her top whites and reds.

By Caro Maurer MW Published 21 October 22
Regional profile: Champagne’s Côte des Bar

An outlier and a hotbed for small, quality producers...

By Tim Hall Last updated 17 October 22
Champagne Lanson Noble vertical: 1979 – 2012

A historic tasting of Noble Cuvée now with a new identity as well as a new name, Noble Champagne

By Peter Liem Last updated 12 September 22