Thomas Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2021 Region:Willamette Valley a coupling that works better

a coupling that works better in practice than in theory

subtractions

with pink rose and orange zest and a touch of underbrush thanks to whole cluster fermentation

good only for large yields

incredible complexity

Thomas Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2021 Region:Willamette Valley a coupling that works betterIt has been two years coming, but we finally have some Thomas Pinot on the horizon. After the terrible fires that devastated the Willamette Valley right at harvest time, winemakers throughout the Valley scrambled to come up with a plan. Some tried various tricks to try and mitigate the effects of the smoke, some relatively successful and some not so. Some declassified their high end wines, or invented one off cuvees to use what they could salvage.