Pinot Noir Wine between $75 and $100

Made famous by the movie Sideways, pinot noir typicallys has layers of pure strawberry, raspberry and other red and black fruit that expand across the palate in a way that no other grape variety quite matches. This is what many wine drinkers are really looking for when they order a cabernet. Despite its reputation for making rich, hulking reds, good pinot noir is silky, even gossamer, with deep flavors; young pinot noir is tightly wound, like a rose bud, ready to blossom with time. Found in French red Burgundy, e.g., Chambertin, Pommard, Bourgogne, etc.; Sancerre rouge; German Spatburgunder; Swiss Dole; labeled pinot noir in California, Australia, South America, South Africa.

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2009 Benjamin Leroux - Volnay 1er Cru Clos de la Cave des Ducs

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Volnay

Bottle: $95.00

Case Price (12): $1,045.00

2009 Benjamin Leroux - Volnay 1er Cru Les Mitans

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Volnay

Bottle: $84.99

Case Price (12): $930.00

2009 Calera - Pinot Noir Jensen Vineyard Mount Harlan

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: United States - California - Mount Harlan

2009 Jensen possesses a deep, rich garnet hue. Luscious aromas of cranberry, violets, granite, turmeric and raspberry torte mix with an alluring bouquet of peppery nutmeg and black cherry. This fascinating wine offers flavors of baking spice, ripe strawberries, rhubarb pie, chalky minerality and sweet berry wrapped around a juicy, elegant core of fine grained tannins, then trails off to a long, pleasurable finish.

Bottle: $87.99

Case Price (6): $484.00

2009 Calera - Pinot Noir Selleck Vineyard Mount Harlan

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: United States - California - Mount Harlan

This 2009 Selleck Vineyard Pinot Noir is fascinating and simply stunning. It begins with evocative flowing aromas of gardenia, red currant, cranberry, flinty minerality, pine and faint black licorice. Flavors are concentrated, intense and velvety; lingonberry, dark cherry, a whisper of cinnamon and citrus rind, and seamlessly encompass the palate with a texture that is graceful, broad and beautifully balanced, then lingers slowly on into a juicy, almost ethereal, mouthwatering finish.

Bottle: $89.99

Case Price (6): $495.00

2008 Claude Dugat - Gevrey-Chambertin

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Gevrey-Chambertin

Bottle: $84.99

Case Price (12): $930.00

2009 Domaine de la Pousse d'Or - Chambolle-Musigny

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Chambolle-Musigny

Bottle: $82.99

Case Price (12): $910.00

2005 Henri Gouges - Nuits-St.-Georges 1er Cru Les Chênes Carteaux

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Nuits-St.-Georges

Bottle: $79.99

Case Price (12): $880.00

2009 Joseph Drouhin - Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Beaune

WA 93

The 2009 Beaune Clos des Mouches is totally beautiful. It shows gorgeous inner perfume and a weightless, gracious personality. The inner sweetness of the fruit flows nicely to the sensual, radiant fruit. A lovely vein of minerality underpins the subtle finish. Drouhin has a total of 7 hectares planted with Pinot Noir in the Clos des Mouches. The house's harvest starts and ends here. Anticipated maturity: 2015-2039.

Drouhin farms 75 hectares of vineyards according to biodynamic principles. Maceration and fermentation lasts about three weeks. The wines are then racked into oak in a cold part of the cellar to slow down the malos, although in 2009 they were entirely done by December. The estate leaves the wines on their lees for several months with one racking, or two if needed, prior to being assembled for bottling. New oak ranges from 25% for the entry-level wines to 50-65% for the grand crus. Veronique Drouhin thinks the 2009s will stay open throughout their lives, much as the 1985s have. All of these 2009s were bottled between early December, 2010 and January, 2011.

Importer: Dreyfus Ashby & Co., New York, NY; tel. (212) 818-0770The 2009 Beaune Clos des Mouches is totally beautiful. It shows gorgeous inner perfume and a weightless, gracious personality. The inner sweetness of the fruit flows nicely to the sensual, radiant fruit. A lovely vein of minerality underpins the subtle finish. Drouhin has a total of 7 hectares planted with Pinot Noir in the Clos des Mouches. The house's harvest starts and ends here. Anticipated maturity: 2015-2039.

Drouhin farms 75 hectares of vineyards according to biodynamic principles. Maceration and fermentation lasts about three weeks. The wines are then racked into oak in a cold part of the cellar to slow down the malos, although in 2009 they were entirely done by December. The estate leaves the wines on their lees for several months with one racking, or two if needed, prior to being assembled for bottling. New oak ranges from 25% for the entry-level wines to 50-65% for the grand crus. Veronique Drouhin thinks the 2009s will stay open throughout their lives, much as the 1985s have. All of these 2009s were bottled between early December, 2010 and January, 2011. -- Antonio Galloni

Bottle: $89.99

Case Price (12): $990.00

2009 Louis Jadot - Beaune 1er Cru 150th Anniversary Cuvée (1.5L)

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Beaune

WA 92-95

First, this is not the same as the regular (and very pleasant) Beaune Premier Cru that Louis Jadot offers in many vintages. It is a unique selection of Jadot's best Beaune climats, vinified to Grand Cru standards, including an extra 6 months of aging in mostly new oak. (Note the names of all the vineyards amidst Bacchus's curly locks.) The wine clearly shows the greatness not only of Jadot's winemaking, but of the 2009 vintage, which has an uncanny combination of delectably forward, seamless Pinot Noir fruit allied to a formidable structure for long aging. The wine opens with a stunning bouquet of fresh bing cherries, suffused with gentle notes of vanilla from aging in new oak barrels. On the palate, the bold, pure, indelibly seamless Pinot Noir fruit is framed by a wonderful backbone of abundant, silky tannins. Crisp acidity keeps the finish reassuringly dry, with just the right amount of tautness over the deep red fruit to make you desperate for the next sip. They say this wine can last 30 years and I don't doubt it, but I'm going to have a hard time keeping my hands off it from the day it arrives.
-- Ben Giliberti, CW Director of Wine Education

Bottle: $99.00

Case Price (3): $275.00

2009 Louis Jadot - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Estournelles St.-Jacques

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Gevrey-Chambertin

WA 93

The 2009 Gevrey-Chambertin Estournelles St. Jacques emerges from the glass with explosive dark fruit. This is an especially large scaled, big style of Gevrey, but all of the elements come together nicely in the glass. The tannins turn incisive on the finish. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2029.

I tasted an impressive range of wines with Jacques Lardiere and his successor Frederic Barnier, who is slated to take over when Lardiere retires at the end of 2012. Jadot makes a mind-bending number of wines, but I limited myself to the best 35 or so examples. In 2009 Jadot began harvesting on September 6. All of the reds were made from 100% destemmed fruit. Maceration times varied from wine to wine, but according to Lardiere all of the wines were made with essentially the same approach. Lardiere is another of the producers who compares 2009 to 1959, and believes the wines will age well because of their density of fruit and minerality. Many of the estate's own vineyards are farmed biodynamically, but of course Jadot also sources a significant amount of wine from other growers that is not necessarily from biodynamically farmed vineyards.

Importer: Kobrand Corp., Purchase, NY; tel. (914) 253-7756The 2009 Gevrey-Chambertin Estournelles St. Jacques emerges from the glass with explosive dark fruit. This is an especially large scaled, big style of Gevrey, but all of the elements come together nicely in the glass. The tannins turn incisive on the finish. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2029.

I tasted an impressive range of wines with Jacques Lardiere and his successor Frederic Barnier, who is slated to take over when Lardiere retires at the end of 2012. Jadot makes a mind-bending number of wines, but I limited myself to the best 35 or so examples. In 2009 Jadot began harvesting on September 6. All of the reds were made from 100% destemmed fruit. Maceration times varied from wine to wine, but according to Lardiere all of the wines were made with essentially the same approach. Lardiere is another of the producers who compares 2009 to 1959, and believes the wines will age well because of their density of fruit and minerality. Many of the estate's own vineyards are farmed biodynamically, but of course Jadot also sources a significant amount of wine from other growers that is not necessarily from biodynamically farmed vineyards. -- Antonio Galloni

Bottle: $89.99

Case Price (12): $990.00

2005 Louis Jadot - Nuits-St.-Georges 1er Cru Les Boudots

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Nuits-St.-Georges

Bottle: $99.00

Case Price (12): $1,085.00

2009 Louis Jadot - Nuits-St.-Georges 1er Cru Les Boudots

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Nuits-St.-Georges

Bottle: $89.99

Case Price (12): $990.00

2009 Louis Jadot - Pommard 1er Cru Rugiens

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Pommard

WA 92

BH 89

The 2009 Pommard Rugiens is a supple, beautifully balanced wine. It reveals lovely polish as the intensity of the fruit builds towards the textured, generous finish. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2029.

I tasted an impressive range of wines with Jacques Lardiere and his successor Frederic Barnier, who is slated to take over when Lardiere retires at the end of 2012. Jadot makes a mind-bending number of wines, but I limited myself to the best 35 or so examples. In 2009 Jadot began harvesting on September 6. All of the reds were made from 100% destemmed fruit. Maceration times varied from wine to wine, but according to Lardiere all of the wines were made with essentially the same approach. Lardiere is another of the producers who compares 2009 to 1959, and believes the wines will age well because of their density of fruit and minerality. Many of the estate's own vineyards are farmed biodynamically, but of course Jadot also sources a significant amount of wine from other growers that is not necessarily from biodynamically farmed vineyards.

Importer: Kobrand Corp., Purchase, NY; tel. (914) 253-7756The 2009 Pommard Rugiens is a supple, beautifully balanced wine. It reveals lovely polish as the intensity of the fruit builds towards the textured, generous finish. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2029.

I tasted an impressive range of wines with Jacques Lardiere and his successor Frederic Barnier, who is slated to take over when Lardiere retires at the end of 2012. Jadot makes a mind-bending number of wines, but I limited myself to the best 35 or so examples. In 2009 Jadot began harvesting on September 6. All of the reds were made from 100% destemmed fruit. Maceration times varied from wine to wine, but according to Lardiere all of the wines were made with essentially the same approach. Lardiere is another of the producers who compares 2009 to 1959, and believes the wines will age well because of their density of fruit and minerality. Many of the estate's own vineyards are farmed biodynamically, but of course Jadot also sources a significant amount of wine from other growers that is not necessarily from biodynamically farmed vineyards. -- Antonio Galloni

Bottle: $79.99

Case Price (12): $880.00

2003 Louis Jadot - Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Vosne-Romanée

Bottle: $100.00

Case Price (12): $1,100.00

2005 Louis Latour - Corton Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru

Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France - Burgundy - Corton

WS 92

A rich, sumptuous red, with a velvety texture and cherry compote and spice notes. It has a sweetness at its center, but lively acidity and firm tannins too. Good lingering finish. Approachable now, but will get better. Best from 2012 through 2028. 3,600 cases made.

Bottle: $99.00

Case Price (12): $1,100.00