Dundee Hills | |
Type: | American Viticultural Area |
Year: | 2004[1] |
Country: | United States |
Part Of: | Oregon, Willamette Valley AVA |
Similar: | Chehalem Mountains AVA, Eola-Amity Hills AVA, Laurelwood District AVA, Lower Long Tom AVA, McMinnville AVA, Ribbon Ridge AVA, Tualatin Hills AVA, Van Duzer Corridor AVA, Yamhill-Carlton District AVA |
Climate Region: | Maritime |
Soil: | Jory series reddish silt, clay and loam soils |
Total Size: | 6490acres[2] |
Planted: | 1300acres |
Grapes: | Chardonnay, Melon, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot blanc, Pinot gris, Pinot noir, Riesling[3] |
Wineries: | 25 |
Dundee Hills is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in Yamhill County, Oregon within the Willamette Valley AVA, and is located about approximately southwest of Portland, Oregon, and about inland from the Pacific Ocean near the town of Newberg. It was established on November 30, 2004 by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury after reviewing a petition submitted from Alex Sokol Blosser, secretary of the North Willamette Valley AVA Group, proposing the establishment of the 6,490-acre "Red Hills" viticultural area in Yamhill County.[4] The petitioner subsequently amended the area’s name to "Dundee Hills."[1] The area is in total size, with 1300acre} planted with grapes. The Dundee Hills are a north-south oriented line of hills on the western side of the [[Willamette River]] valley. The soil is Jory series reddish silt, clay and loam, moderately fertile and well-drained suitable for [[viticulture