DuPuis Wendling Vineyard Pinot Noir 2019

Many know Wells Guthrie as the founder of Copain Wines, where he was an early advocate for the move away from big wines for big scores and a proponent for less ripeness and more balance. Having run his course at Copain Wines, Wells moved on a few years ago and has found a new home, quite literally, in the hills above Boonville in the Anderson Valley. With this new project, Wells comes full circle - back to the examples he first saw while staging with vignerons in Europe, before his U.S. winemaking journey began. While he will continue to make a number of single vineyard wines from the Anderson Valley from vineyards he has worked with for over a decade and knows intimately – the focus of the project will be the home estate. There are currently 7 acres of vines on a 40 acre property at 1200 feet above sea level. The vineyards are completely surrounded by natural forests and biodiversity. The farming is, of course, organic and the winemaking is gentle and simple with the only addition being a tiny bit of SO2. Wells and his family have made this property their home. He can see the vines from the kitchen table. He feels the same sun and breathes the same air and that connection with the vines is everything for Wells, as it is for any tried and true vigneron.