Pinot Noir is one of the wine world's most fastidious and coveted grapes. It is thin-skinned, sensitive to climate and disease, and requires a cool climate to maintain its acidity and elegance. Profiles vary enormously: Burgundian Pinot Noir is light, transparent, with red cherry, roses and earthy terroir notes. Oregon and New Zealand Pinot Noir produces fruitier, rounder styles. Pinot Noir is the lightest of the great red grapes – almost always light ruby in colour, silky tannins and high acidity. Complexity is the key: great Pinot Noirs from Burgundy are counted among the wine world's most treasured.