good pinot noir

[skirf]

whats a good middle of the road or bargain priced pinot noir? I am not too familiar with this type of wine? any suggestions?

[Kcwhippet]

Try one from Estancia, Pepperwood Grove or Kenwood. Decent juice at a good price.

[Etherized]

I enjoyed Brancott's reserve Pinot Noir. It goes for $15 aound here, and should be pretty easy to find. I have aslo enjoyed Rex Goliath Pinot Noir as well. That is around $8 dollars. I also hear Castle Rock Pinot is pretty good as well. Hope it helped.

[dananne]

You may want to give the Pinot Noir/Burgundy forum a glance over the past year. One thread you may find useful is one on my search for a house Pinot. I got many good recommendations, and I posted some thoughts on several "budget" ones I tried. It can be found here:

http://38.118.142.245/ubb2/Forum12/HTML/000155.html

[This message has been edited by dananne (edited 12-24-2003).]

[Brom]

Latour's ordinary Bourgogne from Burgundy.

Try a Sancerre.

Try Buena Vista from the US.

[Innkeeper]

What Brom is referring to is a Sancerre Rouge made from pinot noir. If you just ask for Sancerre you will get a white wine made from sauvignon blanc.

[Thomas]

Skirf, it would help if you qualify what you mean by "bargain priced." I'm sure Donald Trump's idea of a bargain is not what yours or mine is; but then, yours might also be different from mine.

Is $18-$20 bargain priced? That is the vicinity for a fine Sancerre Pinot Noir--and I am glad someone on the board mentioned it, 'cause it deserves mention.