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Top Rated Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is the essential red for summertime sipping, bursting with cherry and ripe berry flavors. The following selections are some of the best Pinot Noirs that we have tasted, in order of ratings.

 

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Dutton-Goldfield
2005 Dutton Ranch - Freestone Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir
Russian River Valley, CA
17/20

$58

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Dutton-Goldfield
2005 McDougall Vineyard Pinot Noir
Sonoma Coast, CA
16/20

$55

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Etude Wines
2004
Carneros Pinot Noir—Estate
Los Carneros, CA
16/20
$42

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Goldeneye
2005 Gowan Creek Vineyard Pinot Noir
Anderson Valley, CA
16/20
$75

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Bernardus Winery
2005 Ingrid’s Vineyard Pinot Noir
Carmel Valley, CA
15.5/20

$75

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Chalone Vineyards
2002 Pinot Noir
Soledad, CA
15.5/20

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Domaine Serene
2006 Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir
Willamette Valley, OR
15.5/20

$58

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Harmonique
2003 The Noble One Pinot Noir
Anderson Valley, CA
15.5/20

$55

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Roessler Cellars
2002 Savoy Vineyard Pinot Noir
Alexander Valley, CA
15.5/20

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Torii Mor Vineyard & Winery
2005 La Colina Vineyard Pinot Noir
Dundee Hills, OR
15.5/20

$55

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Winter's Hill Vineyard
2005 Pinot Noir Cuvée du Vigneron
Dundee Hills, OR
15.5/20

$39

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Buena Vista Winery
2005 Pinot Noir—Ramal Vineyard
Los Carneros, CA
15/20

$37

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Campion
2003 Pinot Noir
Los Carneros, CA
15/20

$33

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Carneros della Notte
2004 D III Vineyard Pinot Noir
Los Carneros, CA
15/20

$150

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Clos Pepe Estate
2007 Pinot Noir
Sta. Rita Hills, CA
15/20

$54

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Goldeneye
2005 Pinot Noir
Anderson Valley, CA
15/20

$55

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Lange Estate Winery and Vineyards
2005 Dundee Hills Estate Pinot Noir
Dundee Hills, OR
15/20

$60

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MacRostie
2006 Pinot Noir
Los Carneros, CA
15/20

$30

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McIntyre Vineyards
2
006 Estate Pinot Noir
Santa Lucia Highlands, CA
15/20

$42

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Patz & Hall
2006 Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir
Santa Lucia Highlands, CA
15/20

$80

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Pfendler Vineyards
2007 Estate Pinot Noir
Sonoma Coast, CA
15/20

$45

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Puma Road
2007 Black Mountain Vineyards Pinot Noir; $40
Santa Lucia Highlands, CA
15/20

$40

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Sea Smoke Cellars
2005 Sea Smoke 'Ten' Pinot Noir
Santa Barbara County, CA
15/20

$70

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Summerland
2002 Odyssey-Thurlestone Vineyard Pinot Noir
Edna Valley, CA
15/20

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Talley Vineyards
1999 Rosemary's Vineyard Pinot Noir
Arroyo Grande Valley, CA
15/20

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Bianchi Winery
2005 Signature Selection Pinot Noir
Santa Maria Valley, CA
14.5/20
$25


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Bouchard Finlayson
2007 Galpin Peak Pinot Noir
Walker Bay, South Africa
14.5/20

$40

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Byron
2006 Nielson Vineyard Pinot Noir
Santa Maria Valley, CA
14.5/20
$28


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Clos Du Val
2004 Carneros Pinot Noir
Napa, CA
14.5/20


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Estancia
2004 Stonewall Vineyard Pinot Noir
Santa Lucia, CA
14.5/20

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Gary Farrell Vineyards & Winery
2005 Pinot Noir Russian River Selection
Russian River Valley, CA
14.5/20

$42

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Goldeneye
2005 Confluence Vineyard Pinot Noir
Anderson Valley, CA
14.5/20

$75

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Gundlach-Bundschu
2006 Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir
Sonoma Valley, CA
14.5/20
$38


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MacMurray Ranch
2006 Winemaker's Block Pinot Noir
Russian River Valley, CA
14.5/20

$60

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Marin Wines
2006 Pey-Lucia Vineyards "Frisquet" Pinot Noir
Santa Lucia Highlands, CA
14.5/20

$39

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Michaud Vineyard
2004 Pinot Noir
Chalone, CA
14.5/20

$38

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Patz & Hall
2006 Chenoweth Ranch Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
Russian River Valley, CA
14.5/20

$55

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Robert Hunter
2003 Pinot Noir
Sonoma, CA
14.5/20

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Row Eleven
2002 Pinot Noir
California
14.5/20

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Tudor
2000 Pinot Noir
Santa Lucia Highlands, CA
14.5/20

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Villa Maria
2005 Cellar Selection Pinot Noir
Marlborough, New Zealand
14.5/20
$18

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Waterstone

2002 Pinot Noir
Los Carneros, CA
14.5/20

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Willamette Valley Vineyards
2005 Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir
Willamette Valley, OR
14.5/20
$40
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D'Argenizo
2002 Pinot Noir
Russian River Valley, CA
14/20

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The Four Graces Vineyards
2005 Dundee Hills Estate Grown Reserve Pinot Noir
Dundee Hills, OR
14/20

$37

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Iron Horse Vineyards
2005 Thomas Road Pinot Noir
Green Valley, CA
14/20

$70

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Louis Jadot
2005 Bourgogne Rouge Pinot Noir
Bourgogne Contrôlée
14/20

$20

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Mount Riley
2002 Seventeen Valley Pinot Noir
Marlborough, New Zealand
14/20

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Sadler-Wells
2001 Pinot Noir
Sonoma
, CA
14/20

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WHS Heger
2005 Pinot Noir
Baden
, Germany
14/20
$22

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Cakebread Cellars
2006 Rubáiyat
North Coast
, CA
13.5/20
$32

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Orogeny
2002 Pinot Noir
Russian River Valley, CA
13.5/20


Previously Featured Pinot Noir

(Updated: 10/30/09 SV)


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