Pinot Noir
red · vinifera
- Origin
- Burgundy, France
- Where it grows
- Poland
- Typical winemaking
- steel or older oak, gentle extraction; also a sparkling base
The story
Pinot Noir is Burgundy's red grape. In Poland it is now the most-planted red, on about 100 hectares spread across some 120 wineries. It does best in Lower Silesia, the country's mildest wine region, where on the granite of the Sudeten foothills it holds its acidity. In West Pomerania it also goes into traditional-method sparkling.
Polish Pinot Noir is usually pale and light in body: red cherry, raspberry, a little earth, gentle tannin and a cool, fresh finish. It tends to show best slightly chilled.
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In the Amber Road portfolio
- Pod SkałąWinnica Silesian · Lower Silesia · dry red, native yeast, open vats, part whole bunch
- JesieńModerna · Lower Silesia · dry red, native yeast, small open vats
- Pod KlasztoremWinnica Srebrna Góra · Kraków Jura · dry red, steel, then malolactic in barrel
- Bałtyk BrutWinnica Turnau · West Pomerania · traditional-method sparkling, steel; second fermentation in bottle
