DuPuis Wines, Pinot Noir Wendling Anderson Valley (2018)

Product Description

VARIETIES: 100% Pinot Noir VINEYARDS: Wendling Vineyard. Planted in 2009 on weathered shale and sandstone soils with massal selection clones as well as Calera and Wadensvil. Southwest facing. The last vineyard in the 'deep end' of the Anderson Valley. FARMING: Biodynamic WINEMAKING: Hand harvested. Fermentation via native yeast with 30% whole cluster. Aging in used oak. 20ppm total SO2.

Producer Description

During my stints working in the Northern Rhone Valley and Burgundy, I picked up the nickname Puis, meaning “well” or “wells.” It’s an older spelling of the word, and I was in France to learn about the old world style of winemaking, so the name fit. After this time in France, I returned to California to start Copain Wines. I spent two decades as its winemaker, enjoying success as the company grew and thrived. But always those sunny French vineyards were in the back of my mind. A couple years ago I was able to finally return to those roots. I relocated with my family to a 40 acre mountain estate high above Boonville in Anderson Valley, where we built our small winery in a dilapidated barn and planted seven acres of Pinot Noir. It’s truly a dream come true—living on our estate, above our winery, tending our vines and our wines ourselves, and savoring every moment. We’re calling this new undertaking DuPuis Wines, since du puis means “of wells.” This new brand is purely from ME—working beside our sole employee in the vineyard and winery, with timely added help of my wife, Kate, and our family when duty calls. All of our wines are purely sourced from Anderson Valley with the sole vision of continuing to explore, nurture, and elevate the greatness that exists in this valley. I have stripped away the use of any new wood in order to further showcase the purity of fruit and unique attributes possessed by each of our vineyards. I am confident the resulting wines will deliver a more pure and precise expression of Anderson Valley.