Wines of Washington Oregon and Idaho

Dundee Hills

Located 28 miles southwest of Portland and 40 miles from the Pacific Ocean, the Dundee Hills AVA (American Viticultural Area) encompasses 6,490 acres. The hills are effectively an island in the center of the sprawling Willamette Valley AVA. To the north, the Chehalem Mountains act as a buffer to the extreme winds and weather patterns often associated with the Columbia River Gorge. Grape vines also benefit from warmer nights and less frost than adjacent valley floors, and are not subjected to wildly fluctuating climatic influences.

The Dundee Hills are the epicenter of Oregon Pinot Noir,” says DHWA President Alison Sokol Blosser of Sokol Blosser Winery. “Our red volcanic soils have long served as an expression of place, and a bottle of wine with ‘Dundee Hills' on the label now pinpoints that origin.”

Total acreage:	Approximately 6,490 acres following the 200 ft contour line
Planted acreage:	Approximately 2,000 acres (4/06)
Varieties planted:	Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, White Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Meunier, Melon, Muscat Ottonel, Muller Thurgau
First vines planted:	by David and Diana Lett in 1965
Membership:	29 vineyards and wineries comprising about 1,500 acres of vineyards and 55,000 cases of Dundee Hills wines
Characteristics of Dundee Hills Wines
Aroma:	Red fruited, floral-especially violet, mineral- gravelly
Flavors:	Red fruit of raspberry to cherry to black cherry; spice-rosemary to delicate lavender; Floral- rose petal to violet; juicy textured; overall elegant.

Currently the wineries of Dundee Hill are listed under Oregon's Willamette Valley

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