Dupuis Wines Elswick Pinot Noir

DuPuis explores the various terroirs of the Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, California. In 2018, Wells and his wife Kate, along with their 5 children, moved to a 40-acre parcel of land high above the town of Boonville where he built a small winery in an old barn with seven acres of Pinot Noir surrounded by Redwood forests and an olive grove. They basically do everything themselves – which unlike Copain toward the end, gives them great control over the quality of the final product. The end result are small quantities of simply extraordinary Pinot Noir (along with a smattering of Chardonnay and Syrah.)