Pinot Noir for Autumn

If Not Now, When?

25 Sep, 24

of Marcus Hofschuster in Tasting

The days are getting shorter, the light and scents are changing – autumn is coming. And with it, the time for Pinot Noir. We have selected for you: the best and the most affordable, the rosé, the white, and the sparkling. Everything your heart desires!

The days are getting shorter, the light and scents are changing, it is slowly getting cool. Autumn comes as a harbinger of a long winter, which, thanks to climate change, is not even suitable for sledding.

But all of this also has its good sides: You no longer have to constantly go outside and join any leisure activities; you can finally tackle your film and series backlog on the various streaming services.

And: finally cook properly again! Braise, fry, steam; the mushrooms are shooting up from the ground like ... mushrooms! And the red wine tastes good again! And which red wine tastes in and after autumn like (almost) no other?

Well?

Pinot Noir, of course! It already has the mushrooms in the aroma, along with the forest floor, the forest berries, the fine ethereal spice, and sometimes even the fireplace.

That’s why we have compiled what we have tried in the past months: the absolute top wines as well as the really good ones at affordable prices and also the really cheap ones for every day. Plus, what there is in white, rosé, and sparkling.

Everything that is fun, then.

“What does the world cost?” The great and the really big things

Weingut Keller — Rheinhessen 2022 Westhofen Morstein Spätburgunder VDP.Grosses Gewächs trocken "Felix" 97 WP great

Weingut A. Christmann — Pfalz 2022 Königsbach Idig Spätburgunder VDP.Grosses Gewächs 96 WP great

Weingut Franz Keller — Baden 2022 Oberbergen Bassgeige Spätburgunder VDP.Grosses Gewächs "Steinriese" 96 WP great 125.00 €

Domaine Donatsch — German-speaking Switzerland-Grison 2021 AOC Graubünden Pinot Noir "Unique" 95 WP great 130.00 €

Weingut Friedrich Becker — Pfalz 2020 Schweigen Sonnenberg Pinot Noir VDP.Grosses Gewächs trocken "Sankt Paul" 94 WP excellent 62.00 €

Weingut Kreuzberg — Ahr 2022 Spätburgunder VDP.Gutswein Reserve "Devonschiefer - R" Versteigerunswein 94 WP excellent

Domaine Donatsch — German-speaking Switzerland-Grison 2022 AOC Graubünden Pinot Noir "Unique" 94 WP excellent 130.00 €

Bertram-Baltes — Ahr 2022 Walporzheim Kräuterberg Spätburgunder 94 WP excellent 68.00 €

Weingut Fritz Allendorf — Rheingau 2022 Assmannshausen Höllenberg Spätburgunder VDP.Grosses Gewächs trocken Versteigerungswein 93 WP excellent

Weingut Meyer-Näkel — Ahr 2022 Ahrweiler Rosenthal Spätburgunder VDP.Grosses Gewächs 93 WP excellent 75.00 €

Weingut J.J. Adeneuer — Ahr 2022 Walporzheim Gärkammer Spätburgunder VDP.Grosses Gewächs 93 WP excellent 70.00 €

Bertram-Baltes — Ahr 2022 Marienthal Trotzenberg Spätburgunder 93 WP excellent 58.00 €

Weingut Ziereisen — Oberrhein 2019 Spätburgunder Landwein "Jaspis 10hoch4" Alte Reben 93 WP excellent 163.00 €

Weingut Friedrich Becker — Pfalz 2020 Schweigen Sonnenberg Pinot Noir VDP.Grosses Gewächs trocken "KB" 92 WP excellent 68.00 €

Weingut Jülg — Pfalz 2022 Schweigen Sonnenberg Spätburgunder VDP.Grosses Gewächs trocken "KB" 92 WP excellent 75.00 €

Weingut J.J. Adeneuer — Ahr 2019 Walporzheim Kräuterberg Spätburgunder VDP.Grosses Gewächs 92 WP excellent 70.00 €

Weingut Friedrich Becker — Pfalz 2020 Schweigen Sonnenberg Pinot Noir VDP.Erste Lage trocken "Herrenwingert" 92 WP excellent 39.00 €

Weingut Knab — Baden 2022 Amoltern Steinhalde Spätburgunder "R" *** 92 WP excellent 42.00 €

Domaine Donatsch — German-speaking Switzerland-Grison 2021 AOC Graubünden Pinot Noir "Passion" 92 WP excellent 55.00 €

Weingut Fritz Waßmer — Baden 2020 Herbolzheim Kaiserberg Spätburgunder 128.00 €

Bertram-Baltes — Ahr 2022 Dernau Pfarrwingert Spätburgunder 92 WP excellent 45.00 €

Domaine Pierrick Bouley — Burgundy 2021 Volnay AOC "Les Pluchots" 79.50 €

Weingut Ziereisen — Oberrhein 2019 Spätburgunder Landwein "Jaspis Bürgin" Alte Reben 92 WP excellent 70.00 €

“I want to afford that!” Excellent and affordable

Weingut Meyer-Näkel — Ahr 2022 Ahrweiler Spätburgunder VDP.Ortswein "Grauwacke" 90 WP excellent 25.00 €

Weingut August Kesseler — Rheingau 2022 Assmannshausen Pinot Noir VDP.Ortswein trocken 90 WP excellent 25.00 €

Weingut Meyer-Näkel — Ahr 2022 Dernau Spätburgunder VDP.Ortswein "Blauschiefer" 89 WP very good 25.00 €

Kellerei St. Pauls — Alto Adige 2021 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Pinot Nero Riserva "Lehmont" 89 WP very good 23.00 €

Weingut Knewitz — Rheinhessen 2022 Spätburgunder VDP.Gutswein trocken 89 WP very good 20.00 €

Turmglück - Weine aus Leidenschaft — Rheinhessen 2021 Nierstein Rosenberg Pinot Noir trocken Resérve 89 WP very good 23.90 €

Weingut Toni Jost - Hahnenhof — Mittelrhein 2018 Spätburgunder trocken "R" 24.00 €

Rubens Wein — Württemberg 2022 Pinot Noir trocken 89 WP very good 20.00 €

Weingut Seeger — Baden 2022 Leimen Herrenberg Blauer Spätburgunder VDP.Erste Lage trocken "S" 89 WP very good 23.00 €

Weingut Greiner — Baden 2022 Spätburgunder Landwein trocken 89 WP very good 16.00 €

Bertram-Baltes — Ahr 2022 Ahrweiler Spätburgunder 89 WP very good 24.00 €

Bertram-Baltes — Ahr 2022 Dernau Spätburgunder 89 WP very good 24.00 €

HERRENHOF LAMPRECHT — Steirerland 2021 Pinot Noir Landwein trocken "vom Opok" 89 WP very good 23.50 €

Weingut Freiherr von Gleichenstein — Baden 2019 Oberrotweil Eichberg Spätburgunder trocken 89 WP very good 21.50 €

Weingut Freiherr von Gleichenstein — Baden 2018 Ihringen Winklerberg Spätburgunder trocken 89 WP very good 21.50 €

Weingut Kopp — Baden 2021 Spätburgunder Landwein trocken Réserve 89 WP very good 25.00 €

Bürgerspital zum Hl. Geist - Weingut — Franconia/Franken 2022 Veitshöchheim Sonnenschein Spätburgunder VDP.Erste Lage trocken 89 WP very good 23.00 €

AdamsWein — Rheinhessen 2021 Ingelheim Heerweg Spätburgunder trocken 89 WP very good 25.00 €

Weingut Münzberg, Lothar Keßler & Söhne GbR — Pfalz 2021 Godramstein Spätburgunder VDP.Ortswein trocken "Kalkgestein" 88 WP very good 20.00 €

Weingut J.J. Berizzi — Pfalz 2022 Spätburgunder trocken "Kapitel Vier" 10.00 €

Weingut Peter Wagner — Baden 2022 Oberrotweil Spätburgunder trocken 88 WP very good 24.00 €

Weingut Albert — Baden 2022 Spätburgunder Landwein trocken 88 WP very good 12.00 €

Weingut Paul Leipold — Franconia/Franken 2022 Obervolkach Landsknecht Spätburgunder trocken Reserve "R" 88 WP very good 16.00 €

Weingut G.A. Heinrich — Württemberg 2021 Heilbronn Stiftsberg Spätburgunder trocken "G.A." 88 WP very good 17.00 €

Weingut Dautel — Württemberg 2021 Bönnigheim Sonnenberg Spätburgunder VDP.Erste Lage trocken 88 WP very good 23.00 €

Schloßgut Hohenbeilstein — Württemberg 2020 Hohenbeilstein Schlosswengert Spätburgunder VDP.Grosses Gewächs trocken Monopollage 88 WP very good 25.00 €

Schloßgut Hohenbeilstein — Württemberg 2019 Hohenbeilstein Schlosswengert Spätburgunder VDP.Grosses Gewächs trocken Monopollage 88 WP very good 25.00 €

Weingut Kreuzberg — Ahr 2022 Neuenahr Spätburgunder VDP.Ortswein trocken 88 WP very good 21.00 €

Weingut Kreuzberg — Ahr 2022 Spätburgunder VDP.Gutswein trocken "unplugged" 88 WP very good 17.00 €

Weingut Friedrich Becker — Pfalz 2019 Spätburgunder VDP.Gutswein trocken 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Weingut Salwey — Baden 2022 Spätburgunder "Kaiserstuhl" 17.00 €

Weingut Meyer-Näkel — Ahr 2022 Spätburgunder VDP.Gutswein 88 WP very good 16.50 €

Winzerhof Nagel — Main 2022 Spätburgunder Landwein trocken "Reservenagel" 88 WP very good 24.00 €

Weingut Kranz — Pfalz 2020 Arzheim Am Fürstenweg Spätburgunder VDP.Erste Lage trocken 88 WP very good 20.00 €

Weingut Karl May - Liebenauer Hof — Rheinhessen 2022 Bechtheim Geyersberg Pinot Noir 88 WP very good 22.00 €

Weingut Dr. Wehrheim — Pfalz 2022 Siebeldingen Spätburgunder VDP.Ortswein trocken "Muschelkalk" 22.00 €

Tomislav Markovic — Oberrhein 2022 Spätburgunder Landwein "Windspiel" 88 WP very good 20.00 €

St. Quirinus — Alto Adige 2022 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Blauburgunder "Quirinus" 20.90 €

Kremers Winzerhof — Franconia/Franken 2020 Großheubach Bischofsberg Pinot Noir trocken Reserve *** 88 WP very good 25.00 €

Weinbau Familie Stritzinger — Franconia/Franken 2022 Klingenberg Schloßberg Spätburgunder trocken 88 WP very good 16.90 €

Cantina Kaltern — Alto Adige 2021 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Pinot Nero Riserva "Saltner" 88 WP very good Up to 20.00 €

Erste+Neue — Alto Adige 2021 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Pinot Nero Riserva "Puntay" 88 WP very good Up to 21.00 €

Weingut Kilian und Martina Hunn — Baden 2019 Pinot Noir trocken 88 WP very good 17.90 €

Weingut August Kesseler — Rheingau 2022 Pinot Noir VDP.Gutswein trocken "The Daily August" 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Weingut Ehrhart GbR — Pfalz 2022 Leinsweiler Sonnenberg Spätburgunder trocken 88 WP very good 24.00 €

Weingut Ehrhart GbR — Pfalz 2020 Leinsweiler Sonnenberg Spätburgunder trocken 88 WP very good 24.00 €

Weingut Ehrhart GbR — Pfalz 2022 Gleiszellen Frühmess Spätburgunder trocken Réserve 88 WP very good 20.00 €

Weingut Zehnthof - Luckert — Franconia/Franken 2022 Sulzfeld Spätburgunder VDP.Ortswein trocken 88 WP very good 22.00 €

Weingut May — Franconia/Franken 2022 Retzstadt Langenberg Spätburgunder VDP.Erste Lage trocken 88 WP very good 22.00 €

Bertram-Baltes — Ahr 2022 Spätburgunder "Handwerk" 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Weingut Freiherr von Gleichenstein — Baden 2019 Spätburgunder trocken Réserve 88 WP very good 15.50 €

Staatlicher Hofkeller — Franconia/Franken 2022 Würzburg Stein Spätburgunder VDP.Erste Lage trocken 88 WP very good 16.00 €

Weingut Georg Breuer — Rheingau 2022 Spätburgunder trocken "GB Rouge" 88 WP very good 19.50 €

Weingut Giegerich — Franconia/Franken 2022 Rück Spätburgunder Ortswein trocken Alte Reben 88 WP very good 19.00 €

Weingut Ziereisen — Oberrhein 2021 Landwein "TAL21" 88 WP very good 17.80 €

Weingut Ziereisen — Oberrhein 2021 Landwein "S21" 88 WP very good 22.00 €

Weingut Garlider — Alto Adige 2021 Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT Blauburgunder 88 WP very good 25.00 €

Weingut Wilhelm Zähringer — Baden 2020 Spätburgunder trocken Réserve 88 WP very good 19.00 €

“I can't afford that!” But you can afford this, and it is good too

Weingut J.J. Berizzi — Pfalz 2022 Spätburgunder trocken "Kapitel Vier" 10.00 €

Weingut Albert — Baden 2022 Spätburgunder Landwein trocken 88 WP very good 12.00 €

Weingut Friedrich Becker — Pfalz 2019 Spätburgunder VDP.Gutswein trocken 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Weingut August Kesseler — Rheingau 2022 Pinot Noir VDP.Gutswein trocken "The Daily August" 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Bertram-Baltes — Ahr 2022 Spätburgunder "Handwerk" 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Weingut Rebenhof Willi Orth — Rheingau 2021 Spätburgunder trocken 87 WP very good 15.00 €

Kellerei St. Pauls — Alto Adige 2023 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Pinot Noir "Luzia" 87 WP very good 10.40 €

Weingut Diefenhardt — Rheingau 2021 Spätburgunder VDP.Gutswein trocken 87 WP very good 11.50 €

Weingut Karl May - Liebenauer Hof — Rheinhessen 2022 Osthofen Pinot Noir 87 WP very good 14.90 €

Weingut Stich "Im Löwen" — Franconia/Franken 2019 Bürgstadt Berg Spätburgunder trocken "Großes Holz" 87 WP very good 13.50 €

Weingut Hauck — Rheinhessen 2021 Ensheim Kachelberg Spätburgunder trocken Réserve 87 WP very good 12.50 €

Weingut Ehrhart GbR — Pfalz 2022 Eschbach Spätburgunder trocken "R" 87 WP very good 15.00 €

Weingut Zimmerle — Württemberg 2022 Spätburgunder trocken "Glüver" 87 WP very good 14.20 €

Oliver Zeter — Pfalz 2022 Pinot Noir 87 WP very good 12.50 €

Staatlicher Hofkeller — Franconia/Franken 2022 Großheubach Spätburgunder VDP.Ortswein trocken 87 WP very good 12.90 €

Weingut August Eser — Rheingau 2020 Mittelheim Spätburgunder VDP.Ortswein trocken 87 WP very good 10.90 €

Weinbau Fecher — Franconia/Franken 2021 Klingenberg Schloßberg Spätburgunder trocken 11.50 €

Weingut Paul Laquai — Rheingau 2020 Lorch Bodental-Steinberg Spätburgunder trocken 87 WP very good 12.00 €

Weingut Thomas Mend — Franconia/Franken 2022 Iphofen Kalb Spätburgunder trocken 87 WP very good 15.00 €

Weinhof Scheu — Pfalz 2020 Schweighofen Spätburgunder trocken 87 WP very good 12.00 €

Kellerei Andrian — Alto Adige 2022 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Pinot Noir 87 WP very good 15.00 €

Weingut Friedhelm Rinklin — Baden 2021 Spätburgunder trocken "Selection!" 87 WP very good 11.90 €

AdamsWein — Rheinhessen 2021 Ingelheim Spätburgunder trocken 87 WP very good 15.00 €

Weingut Christoph Bauer — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Ried Gerichtsberg Pinot Noir trocken 87 WP very good 14.00 €

“Yes, but there are also everyday days!” That’s why everything here is under 10 euros, which is good

Weingut J.J. Berizzi — Pfalz 2022 Spätburgunder trocken "Kapitel Vier" 10.00 €

lichti & astroh GbR — Pfalz 2021 Spätburgunder trocken 86 WP very good 9.90 €

Weingut Baldauf — Franconia/Franken 2022 Spätburgunder trocken "Muschelkalk" 86 WP very good 8.50 €

Staatlicher Hofkeller — Franconia/Franken 2022 Spätburgunder VDP.Gutswein trocken 86 WP very good 9.20 €

Winzerkeller Hex vom Dasenstein — Baden 2022 Spätburgunder trocken Alte Rebe 86 WP very good 9.20 €

SAS Moulin de Gassac — Languedoc 2023 Pays d'Oc IGP Pinot Noir 9.00 €

Kremers Winzerhof — Franconia/Franken 2022 Großheubach Bischofsberg Spätburgunder trocken ** 86 WP very good 9.00 €

Weingut Hemmes — Rheinhessen 2022 Spätburgunder trocken 86 WP very good 7.50 €

Weingut Fritz Waßmer — Baden 2022 Spätburgunder trocken 9.80 €

SAUERWEINs GbR Weingut — Mosel 2022 Spätburgunder trocken 86 WP very good 8.90 €

Oberkircher Winzer eG — Baden 2022 Spätburgunder Spätlese trocken 86 WP very good 9.30 €

Terra Preta Weingut Huppert — Rheinhessen 2021 Blauer Spätburgunder trocken 86 WP very good Up to 8.50 €

Anton Märzweiler — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2018 Thermenregion Pinot Noir trocken 86 WP very good 9.90 €

Weingut Nägele - Baden — Baden 2021 Spätburgunder trocken 85 WP very good 9.00 €

Weinbau Fecher — Franconia/Franken 2021 Großwallstadt Lützeltal Spätburgunder trocken 9.50 €

“And rosé? What about rosé?” Well here, whatever you want

HERRENHOF LAMPRECHT — Steirerland 2022 Pinot Noir Landwein trocken "f(p)unky" Rosé 89 WP very good 16.50 €

Weingut am Stein - Ludwig Knoll — Main 2023 Spätburgunder Landwein trocken Rosé Fumé "Montonia'" 88 WP very good 25.00 €

Weingut Greiner — Baden 2023 Landwein trocken "Fumé" Rosé 87 WP very good 10.00 €

Weingut Achim Ritter und Edler von Oetinger — Rheingau 2022 Pinot Noir VDP.Gutswein trocken Rosé 87 WP very good 12.00 €

Terra Preta Weingut Huppert — Rhine/Rhein 2021 Landwein trocken "Schwarze Erde" rosé 87 WP very good Up to 30.00 €

Weingut Johann Ruck — Franconia/Franken 2023 Spätburgunder VDP.Gutswein trocken Rosé 8.50 €

Weingut Stigler — Baden 2023 VDP.Gutswein trocken "PNR" Pinot Noir Rosé 86 WP very good 11.50 €

Weingut Fritz Allendorf — Rheingau 2023 Spätburgunder VDP.Gutswein trocken Rosé 86 WP very good 9.50 €

Weingut Bremer GmbH & Co KG — Pfalz 2023 Pinot Noir trocken Rosé "Selection Madame" 86 WP very good 13.00 €

Weingut Deutzerhof — Ahr 2023 Mayschoss Spätburgunder VDP.Ortswein trocken Rosé "Saumon de L'Ahr" 86 WP very good 19.00 €

Weingut Doppelgarage Varnhalt — Baden 2023 Pinot Noir Landwein trocken "86.20" Rosé 85 WP very good 12.50 €

Bertram-Baltes — Ahr 2023 Rosé "Handwerk" 85 WP very good 13.50 €

Gut Steyerberg — Nahegau 2022 Spätburgunder Landwein trocken "STEYERT" Rosé 85 WP very good 11.50 €

Weingut Reuscher-Haart — Mosel 2022 Pinot Noir trocken Rosé 85 WP very good 7.80 €

“And if it gets warm again?” You can also drink white Pinot

Weingut Bastian Hamdorf — Main 2022 Landwein "Blanc de Noir" 87 WP very good 15.00 €

Weingut Hauck — Rheinhessen 2023 trocken "Blanc de Pinot Noir" 86 WP very good 7.20 €

Weingut Rothe — Main 2022 Landwein trocken Blanc de Noir 86 WP very good 10.00 €

Weingut Baldauf — Franconia/Franken 2021 trocken Blanc de Noir "Clees" 86 WP very good 11.00 €

Weingut Bastian Hamdorf — Main 2022 Landwein "Blanc de Noir" 86 WP very good 15.00 €

Weingut J.J. Adeneuer — Ahr 2022 Spätburgunder trocken Blanc de Noir "Purist" 86 WP very good 11.00 €

Weingut Nelles — Ahr 2022 Spätburgunder VDP.Gutswein trocken "Blanc de Noir" 85 WP very good 12.00 €

“You don’t have sparkling wine, do you?” Yes, yes, (not) many yet, but at least

Schloßgut Hohenbeilstein — Württemberg VDP.Sekt Brut Nature Pinot Blanc de Noir (Deg.: 17.05.24) 88 WP very good 13.90 €

Stiftsweingut Frank Meyer — Pfalz 2020 Extra Brut Pinot Blanc de Noir 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Weingut Friedhelm Rinklin — Baden Brut "Pinot Rosé" 87 WP very good 14.90 €

	100 WP unique Wines that can only be made differently, but not better.
	95-99 WP great World-class wines whose depth, complexity, character and expressiveness give an unforgettable, sensual experience.
	90-94 WP excellent First class wines that are among the best of their kind. They are characterized by purity, harmony, depth and character.
	85-89 WP very good Remarkable wines with personality, expression, as well as a certain complexity and depth. They deserve every wine lover's attention.
	80-84 WP good Clean, harmonious, at best typical wines.
	75-79 WP passable
	70-74 WP schwach
	60-69 WP insufficient
	50-59 WP unacceptable

Welcome back!

Pinot Noir for Autumn

If Not Now, When?

“What does the world cost?” The great and the really big things

“I want to afford that!” Excellent and affordable

“I can't afford that!” But you can afford this, and it is good too

“Yes, but there are also everyday days!” That’s why everything here is under 10 euros, which is good

“And rosé? What about rosé?” Well here, whatever you want

“And if it gets warm again?” You can also drink white Pinot

“You don’t have sparkling wine, do you?” Yes, yes, (not) many yet, but at least

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100 WP unique

95-99 WP great

90-94 WP excellent

85-89 WP very good

80-84 WP good

75-79 WP passable

70-74 WP schwach

60-69 WP insufficient

50-59 WP unacceptable