Is Pinot Noir actually good?

Pinot Noir sits in the 15.5% percentile against every wine we rank, meaning it scores above 15.5% of them.

How does Pinot Noir compare to similar wines?

Within Red · New Zealand, Pinot Noir lands in the 12.7% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a wine for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Pinot Noir's score based on?

81 calibrated reviewers stand behind Pinot Noir's score.

Volcanic Hills Pinot Noir

global pct

15.5

Red · Central Otago · New Zealand

Volcanic Hills Pinot Noir

Name: Volcanic Hills Pinot Noir
Brand: Volcanic Hills

Scored from 81 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: Red · New Zealand (238 wines).

15.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 69,234 ranked wines

12.7%

In-cohort percentile

Red · New Zealand · 238 wines

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AI-adjusted percentile

not enough calibrated reviewers yet

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Is Pinot Noir a good wine?

Summary

Volcanic Hills Pinot Noir is a red from Central Otago, New Zealand.

237 other reds from New Zealand form the cohort it is ranked inside. 81 Vivino reviewers are calibrated for this bottle, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 83 reviewers with at least two ratings each feeds the raw-average track.

Cohort: Red · New Zealand · 238 wines
Calibrated reviewers: none yet
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Red · New Zealand

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