Pinot Noir 2023
AOC Zürich, Stadtberg Eglisau, Weingut Pircher, 750 ml
A Pinot with Character
- Pinot Noir from the Eglisauer Stadtberg, aged for one year in barrels.
- Red and black berries, cherry, and plum. Juicy, with subtle woody notes.
- Pairs well with cold cuts, tagliatelle with mushroom cream sauce, veal, and aged hard cheese.
Description
A Pinot Noir from the Stadtberg in Eglisau—aromatic and complex, yet decidedly refined. Abundant fruit and body are complemented by a year of aging in large oak barrels, which lend structure and subtle spice. The nose reveals red and black berries, cherry, and plum, accompanied by spicy notes. On the palate, it’s beautifully juicy and fresh, with delicate tannins and great drinkability. It pairs well with a cold platter of cheese and cold cuts, tagliatelle with a creamy mushroom sauce, veal and beef, or aged hard cheeses.
Attributes
| Grape variety: | Pinot Noir |
| Producer: | Weingut Pircher |
| Origin: | Switzerland / Ostschweiz / AOC Zürich |
| Label: | Vegan |
| Ripening potential: | 1 to 8 years |
| Drinking temperature: | 16 to 18 °C |
| Food Pairing: | Cheese board, Cold fish dish, dried meat, Roast veal with morel sauce, Risotto with ceps |
| Vinification: | biological acid degradation in barrel, soft pressing, fully destemmed, cooling period, fermentation with grapes' own yeast, long must fermentation, Punching down |
| Harvest: | selecting the grapes (by hand), hand-picking with simultaneous grape sel, strict selection |
| Maturation: | on the yeast, partly in wooden barrel/foudre, in used barriques |
| Bottling: | filtration |
| Maturation duration: | 12 months |
| Volume: | 13.0 % |
| Note: | Contains sulphites |
Ostschweiz
Eastern Switzerland: an intriguing puzzle
Eastern Switzerland has long been positioned on the northern rim of the climate zone where the cultivation of popular Swiss varieties is possible. Due to a warming climate, the vineyards of Aargau, Zurich, Schaffhausen, Thurgau and Graubünden are now in the zone where varieties such as Müller-Thurgau or Pinot Noir succeed excellently. But even long-established, almost-forgotten varieties such as Elbling, Räuschling and Completer are experiencing a renaissance.
Switzerland
Switzerland – A small country with enormous diversity
Switzerland is famous for its banks, watches, and cheese, but not necessarily for its wine. The Swiss didn't invent wine, but they have been extremely open and curious to it. Wine culture arrived in what is now modern Switzerland via several routes: from Marseilles to Lake Geneva and the Lower Valais region; from the Aosta Valley through the Great St. Bernard Pass to the rest of Valais; from the Rhone through Burgundy, across the Jura Mountains to Lake Constance; and from Lombardy to Ticino, and then on to Grisons.
