![]() ![]() ![]() It's a notoriously finicky grape and yet very fashionable right now, therefore new plantings are popping up in places where they should not be." "There are pockets here and there but overall, if you are looking for a region where Pinot Noir thrives, I have not really seen anything new. "For me, since New Zealand started to identify the better areas for Pinot Noir, no one country in general has really found an area where it is thriving," argues Cedric Nicaise, wine director at Eleven Madison Park in New York. Such perceptions are often willingly reinforced by the trade, who continue to wax lyrical about the marvelous examples of Pinot coming out of Oregon and New Zealand, while simultaneously insisting that the grape rarely travels well. If one were to imagine the most likely candidate for producing refined, elegant Pinot Noir, South Africa might, to put it mildly, not come very near the top of the list.Īfter all, a nation that provides us with meaty, voluptuous Syrah with an ease tantamount to promiscuity is surely not a frontrunner for making convincing imitations of red Burgundy. © Paul Cluver | The rolling hills of Elgin produce cool-climate Pinots of elegance and poise. ![]()
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