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Pinot Noir Wine Recommendations

Pinot Noir Wines typically range in price from fifteen to thirty dollars a bottle but can cost much more. Choosing the right wine for a special occasion, like a Romantic Picnic, is very important. And, Pinot Noir wines are an excellent choice which can be enjoyed with fish, pasta, salads and many other dishes. To help you choose the perfect Pinot Noir wine for your special occasion or just to enjoy whenever, we have listed our favorite Pinot Noir wine recommendations to help you out.

The first on our list of Pinot Noir wine recommendations is the Beringer 2000 Stanley Ranch Pinot Noir. This Pinot Noir wine comes from California and is priced at thirty dollars per bottle. It is a garnet color wine and has aromas of raspberries, plum, smoke and vanilla. This Pinot Noir wine recommendation turns rich and delicious in the mouth and has flavors of berries and herbs that are wrapped in silky tannins with a finish of oriental spices. This is an excellent wine and is well worth the price.

The next on our list of Pinot Noir wine recommendations is the Jekel 2001 Pinot Noir. This wine is from the Central Coast of California and is priced at twenty dollars per bottle. This wine is rather light in color and body. It has excellent flavors of bright cherry jam, cola, orange zest, clove and mocha with crisp acids and a smoky oak veneer. This Pinot Noir wine recommendation really is a delicious and sensual wine and the perfect accompaniment to a special occasion, like a Romantic Picnic in Bed.

Finally on our list of Pinot Noir wine recommendations we have the Matua Valley 2003 Pinot Noir. This wine is from New Zealand and is priced between fifteen and twenty dollars per bottle. This wine is a firmly textured and fragrant Pinot Noir wine with flavors of spicy plum and cherry together with some earthy and herbal notes. The finish of this Pinot Noir is rich and spicy with a layer of fine tannins. This is a very reasonably priced Pinot Noir wine recommendation.

If you have to have the best, look for French Pinot Noir wines. They are usually much more expensive than those from New Zealand and California but are also usually higher quality wines. Having said that, many Pinot Noir wines from America and New Zealand are often exceptional in quality and they are far more reasonably prices.

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