Red
Corchaug Estate Pinot Noir
North Fork of Long Island · Long Island · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North Fork of Long Island · Long Island
- Appellation
- North Fork of Long Island
- Body
- medium
- Acidity
- high
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
roast duck · light meats · soft cheeses · mushrooms · beet-based dishes
Rated vintages
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201390 pts
There's plenty of peppy, primary raspberry and cherry flavors here, but they're layered amindst hints of bramble, earth, mushroom and beets. This is an elegant, intensely Old-World Pinot but with New-World ripeness to boot. Spry and vibrantly acidic, it finishes with a fringe of…
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201291 pts
There's not a great quantity of Pinot Noir in Long Island, but McCall's is consistently one of the region's best producers of it. The Hillside Corchaug Estate is particularly refined, offering loads of ripe cherry and berry flavors calibrated neatly by zesty acidity and savory h…
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201092 pts
A touch riper and richer than the Hillside, McCall's Reserve Pinot Noir offers fleshy, penetrating black-cherry flavor cooled by a vein of menthol and herbs. It's luscious and velvety on the palate yet totally poised, bolstered by brisk acidity and persistent but fine tannins. D…