German Pinot Noirs – Episode #566

October 28, 2008

Who talks about Pinot Noir from Germany? Gary V does!

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“Gary – I have always found wines to change as they develop in the glas…” by Steve
“My mother is from the Baden region! Everything tastes good there….” by Tobias
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Oberrotweil Pinot Noir Estate
2005 Oberbergen Pinot Noir Select
2005 Karl H. Johner Pinot Noir

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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October 29, 2008

RJurman
Great show as always. Had a difficult time getting on last night but all seems fine today!
October 29, 2008

aida coskun
wltv, a daily highlight.especially now, when its dark and cold up here in norway!!!great work:):):)
October 29, 2008

Matus
Best non french Pinot? Not that I’ve tasted hundreds of them, but so far the Pinots from Slovakia – Janousek 2003 and 2007 and Mrva&Stanko 2006 (gold medal from the Mondial du Pinot Noir 2008).
October 29, 2008

E dog
QOTD: never had a non french or non american Pinot noir
October 29, 2008

Konstantin Schoenberg
Hello Gary

the best Pinot Noir from Germany I ever had was from the Ahr region by winery Meyer-Naekel, his “Dernauer Pfarrwingert” – later on I learned that this wine won the first prize of Decanter’s World Wine Awards this year.

I am a big fan of your show living in Cologne, Germany and usually don’t find the time to leave a comment unfortunately… One question about today’s show: I would be interested to find the first wine (from Oberrotweil) here in Germany, but I could not indicate the producer – there are four or five producers in this little town.

And in case you plan another show about German Pinot Noir, maybe the Ahr region could be interesting to you? It is a fairly small and the most northern wine region in Germany (not far from Cologne) and almost completely dedicated to Pinot Noir.

Yours Konstantin
October 29, 2008

Robin C
German 102: When two vowels are together in German, such as ei, I believe you pronounce the 2nd vowel, in this case like the y in by. I’ll check with my German cousin-in-law when he’s back in town.

QOTD: Rippon Pinot Noir 2003 – Lake Wanaka Central Otago.
October 29, 2008

LennyR
Good show! Sneezingly educational!
QOTD: hmmm….hmmm….pinot noir is really not my game and some of them from “non-traditional” places were kinda meh…
October 29, 2008

Andy
QOTD—— I think I had a Chilean Pinot but always wanted to try a German Pinot. G where do you find them?
October 29, 2008

valentin
Great show, but no pinot lately.
October 29, 2008

italianwinelover
QOTD: I can’t seem to remember ever having a Pinot from other than US and France. Very interesting discovery. I will have to find one and the 2 seem worth searching for.

Had no problems with the site…funny intro….way to keep us on our toes!! Sorry you lost your seats to that mortgage guy. You deserved them more!
October 29, 2008

WineWoman
QOTD: Yes, the Central Otago pinots are probably at the top of my list. I’ve had a few German pinots–can’t recall the producers, I was 50-50 on those and haven’t bought any since. Did enjoy some Dornfelders though(first tasted at a wine flight at Epcot Center). Also enjoyed an Austrian pinot or two, and an Italian Pinot Nero (not sure if that is the Italian version of the pinot noir grape). It was a ‘98 Sportoletti, which I had about 6 months ago which had none of the classic pinot characteristics, probably because it wasn’t a pinot noir????
October 29, 2008

Clem
Hey Gary, Bouchard Finlayson Tête de Cuvée Galpin Peak Pinot Noir 2006 is a real outstanding example from South Africa. Great show!
October 29, 2008

Anton
5.8 hectares of pinot in baden? sounds comically incorrect. wiki states 5877-i presume your source, but misqouted by a factor of a thousand.

gritted my teeth through the first few minutes, as i believe you often predict, but now thoroughly enjoy your entertaining take on things and shared passion for interesting, if less celebrated, regions and varietals.

keep it up chucky
October 29, 2008

Pebbles
I have had a really good German Pinot, but I don’t recall the name…
October 29, 2008

Dale Cruse
The last time I was at WL, Ian hooked me up with some Feral Fox from d’Arenberg in the Adelaide Hills.
October 29, 2008

torquey
QOTD: A Spatburgunder. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the specifics.
October 29, 2008

M
QOTD: Amisfield, Central Otago, New Zealand and a very affordable Lauca Reserva from Maule Valley, Chile.
October 29, 2008

Shawn_944
Great Show Gary, I enjoyed it, you seemed to be a little more random in this episode like it…

QOTD: Um yeah I got nothing
October 29, 2008

Ben Janssen South Australia
Best Pinot not American or French. Eeeeeeeeasy!
Tasmania Pinot Noir. An island off the south east coast of Australia, cool climate Pinot.
October 29, 2008

Kyle Suehiro
QOTD: I recently tried a Dr. Beeker (I think that’s right) German pinot and it totally caught me off guard. It tasted well made, but the flavors were of fresh strawberrys. It was super fun and totally unexpected. I guess that would be the best non French or US pinot I’ve had. Thanks for another great show!
October 29, 2008

Boris
I like the Swiss Pinot Noir. For the german/french/italian pronunciation someone should start an archive with mp3’s for all wines.

Greets from Switzerland
October 29, 2008

Medo
Great show Gary! Thanks for bringing some German wines to the table!

Had alot of German Pinots, esp some “Große Gewächse”, but never had any of the wines you had on the show today.

My favorite was German PN was: 2006 Kühling-Gillot “Kreuz” Spätburgunder Großes Gewächs from the Rheinhessen region.
October 29, 2008

Charles R. Ortiz
Great show, always nice to expose regions for the opposite of they’re stereotypes. People usually always talk about the whites from Germany, never the reds just like people talk about the tomatoes in Jersey but never the blueberries. . . hmmm.

QOTD: Ninth Island Aussie Pinot Noir ‘05, had at an Italian restaurant in SoHo with penne & vodka with pancetta and caviar. Very very sexy
October 29, 2008

Chris
QOTD: Michigan Pinot Noirs are the only other pinots that I’ve tried.

Is the special guest a WWF wrestler?
October 29, 2008

Christian Jessen
Hi Gary,

wow again … great and funny(!) Episode …. Just for your info : The Producers you should be looking out for at mom are ( mostly in the VDP – please see the homepage http://www.vdp.de ) and according to region….:

AHR Region …

Adeneuer
Deutzerhof
Meyer-Näkel ( off course – after his great international success )
Stodden

BADEN Region …

Bercher
Dujn
Heger
Huber
Salwey

not to forget that part of the PFALZ (palatinate) which lies directly
north of the BADEN region … aka The “Süd-Pfalz” ( southern palatinate )

The originaly called “Five Friends” ..:

Becker ( he is at mom the most talked about in Germany )
Münzberg
Rebholz
Siegrist
Wehrheim

… next to quite a lot of others who are now trying to attack the strong
fortress of Burgundy … and are getting better from year to year …

Keep it coming …. And thanks !!!

Cheers

Christian Jessen