Pinot Noir
Across
- 1. Valley in Oregon producing finely-crafted Pinots
- 3. Heartland of Pinot production within the Côte d'Or (5,2,5)
- 5. The English translation of noir
- 7. Famous Burgundy estate whose Clos St. Denis Grand Cru wines were famously counterfeited in the wine auction scandal that resulted in Rudy Kurniawan's arrest (7,6)
- 8. Ocean that influences quality production of Pinot Noir in Chile
- 12. Home to the world's most southerly planted grape vines and in good years produces some of New Zealand's best Pinot expressions (7,5)
- 14. Kin Vineyards makes Canada's most northerly Pinot Noir. From where?
- 17. Largest Grand Cru in Vosne-Romanée
- 19. Two common fruit flavours associated with Pinot Noir wines (9,3,6)
- 22. The cooling effect of which body of water is key to the quality of Mornington Peninsula's Pinot's in Victoria, Australia? (4,6)
- 26. Sonoma County AVA producing full and opulent examples of Californian Pinot (7,5,6)
- 27. French term to depict notes of undergrowth and forest floor typically found in Burgundian Pinots (4,4)
- 28. Italian incarnation of the variety (5,4)
- 29. Famous New Zealand region on the northern tip of the South Island producing smooth and elegant Pinots with fresh acidity
Down
- 1. Technique some Pinot producers use to add tannin (5,7,12)
- 2. Monopole from which the world's most expensive bottle of wine was produced, a 1945 Pinot sold at auction $558,000 (7,5)
- 4. Pinot Noir-focused winery in New Zealand founded in 1993, the same year the founder starred in a Steven Spielberg blockbuster (3,8)
- 6. Along with Leyda Valley and San Antonio this region has gained fame for producing quality Chilean Pinots
- 9. Winemaker superstar in Burgundy, she started off as a négociant and was a former co-director of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (5,4,5)
- 10. Enclave producing delicate Pinot Noir in Australia, also the country's coolest-wine producing region
- 11. An enclave within Santa Maria Valley in south California for well-structured and fruit-forward Pinots (5,7)
- 13. Aroma descriptor commonly used for Pinot wines
- 15. The product of a natural crossing between Pinot Noir and the near-extinct variety Gouais Blanc
- 16. Spiritual home and region Pinot Noir likely originated
- 18. Country with the third largest Pinot Noir production after France and the USA
- 20. German name for Pinot Noir
- 21. Region located on the southern end of New Zealand's North Island making superb Pinots with dense fruit flavours
- 23. Champagne made entirely from Pinot varieties (6,2,5)
- 24. Australian state producing quality Pinots, home to Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula
- 25. Hemel-en-Aarde and which other cool-climate region in South Africa are best suited to Pinot?