Granville Dundee Hills Pinot Noir Dux Vineyard 2024 NO20230830 and strains of chalk

and strains of chalk

rich and expressive

While the estate is most famous for its cult red

resulting in vibrant fruit aromas

the way good Vermentino should — like a Ligurian seaside lunch transposed to the Central Coast

Granville Dundee Hills Pinot Noir Dux Vineyard 2024 NO20230830 and strains of chalkSix acres on a knoll nobody's heard of, tucked behind a peak that blocks the cold Pacific wind the rest of Oregon takes on the chin. That's Dux a small, low lying Dundee Hills site at around 450 feet, planted in 2011 in classic red Jory soil, sheltered from the Van Duzer Corridor gusts by the hill just to its south. Less wind stress means gentler, more even ripening, and the Pinot that comes off it is perfumed and poised rather than muscular. Jackson