2022 Goodfellow Durant Vineyard Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills

Layered, elegant, with coffee and earth underlying boysenberry/black cherry fruit, violets, and yet loaded with finesse. The depth of the Dundee hills volcanic soils shows through, as does the vine age (25 years old now, we've worked with these vines since they were 12!) These vines sit halfway up the slope and face east into the morning sun. As they've aged they are slowly losing vigor and naturally finding a balance for the canopy, the layering gains depth while alcohols have become more modest. In five 500L puncheons, the quality was so consistent that we opted to forego a Heritage bottling from Durant this year and focus on maximizing quality in the vineyard designate.