It’s a good week for local folks with a penchant for the kind of  pinot noirs that combine California richness with Burgundian elegance:

Papapietro Perry and Siduri are here. A small but growing local distributor, Progeny, has secured a few of these wines that had been available only to us on the two wineries’ mailing lists.

While they last, the Papapietro Perry pinot from Anderson Valley is available at Byerly’s in Chanhassen and at the Wine Market stores in Mendota Heights and Woodbury, according to Progeny’s Jeanne Cummings.

France 44 is carrying Siduri pinots and some dandy wines by Siduri’s sister label, Novy, which specializes in syrahs and zins. Siduri pinots also can be found at both Wine Market locations and at Byerly’s in St. Louis Park and Ridgedale. The Novy wines, Cummings said, should be in all of Byerly’s wine stores and Lunds’ only one, in Plymouth.

I cannot vouch for the quality of Papapietro Perry’s zinfandels (2005 was the first vintage for these). But PP’s pinots and every Novy or Siduri wine I’ve tried have been lush and textured, with finishes that last for days.

These wines aren’t likely to last long, so it wouldn’t hurt to call ahead.

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