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2022 Kinfolk Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 750 ml
| $27 | per bottle | |
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The Dundee Hills: Where It’s At
When wine lovers around the world think about quintessential Oregon Pinot Noir—packed with silky black cherries and red raspberry flavors, garnished with hints of fresh mushrooms and haunting spice notes—they’re almost certainly thinking of Pinot from the Dundee Hills.
It’s been the epicenter of Pinot production in the Willamette Valley since David Lett planted his first vines for Eyrie in the mid 1960s. It was the source of the wine that so impressed Burgundy’s Robert Drouhin that he invested in land in Dundee, and it’s still the most coveted dirt in the state. It’s amazing the lengths winemakers will go to for a chance to work with top sites in these Jory-soiled hills.
The 2022 Kinfolk is blended from three prime Dundee sites, half of the grapes for this bottle were farmed in one of the most historic vineyards in the AVA. We can’t say too much about the site—it’s precisely that famous to Oregon connoisseurs, and we signed an NDA. We can tell you that it was planted in the early 80s by a Willamette Valley legend—which makes its vines quite old for the area—and single-vineyard wines from the vineyard easily hit $95.
The two other vineyards that go into the blend aren’t slouches, either. Both inform $50-$60 bottles on a regular basis and are each famed for their combination of silky fruit and piquant brightness. The 2022 vintage was a fantastic throwback: A late harvest, undertaken deep in October, led to well-developed fruit flavors married to the ethereal textures and sappy juiciness that made Oregon famous.