Pinot Noir

The fruit we source for this wine comes from our Le Pavillon and ANA vineyards in the Dundee Hills. 

The Le Pavillon Vineyard site in the heart of the Red Hills AVA in Dundee, is our oldest and most unique vineyard. This 10 acre site boasts ownrooted Pommard clone Pinot Noir planted in 1972, along with Chardonnay and Riesling, making it one of the oldest surviving vineyards in the Willamette Valley.

The soils are volcanic-based Jory with subsurface parent material of fractured basalt. The vines are not irrigated, forcing the roots to seek water and minerals deep underground. The average elevation is 617 feet, with a south facing 9.7% slope.

Meute de Chiens (French for ‘pack of dogs’) was planted from 1999 – 2003. It is only one acre, and it produces Pinot Noir that is quite distinct from our other sites in the Dundee and Eola Hills. The blocks are planted with 6 different clones, Pommard, Wadenswil, and Dijon 114, 115, 667 and 777. 

The 2021 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir is blended from carefully selected barrels from our best blocks in the Dundee Hills, the EolaAmity Hills, and our other Willamette Valley sites. These sites are a mix of volcanic-based sites, and vineyards planted on sedimentary soils.

All of our sites are farmed organic or biodynamic. The blocks used for this wine include fruit from our oldest vineyards, including ANA and Le Pavillon vineyards (Dundee Hills), and La Chenaie (Eola-Amity Hills).