If the Dundee Hills are about red volcanic Jory soils, Ribbon Ridge is the geological counter-argument: a small, uplifted ridge of marine sedimentary soils (the local Willakenzie series) that tends to produce Pinots with a different kind of energy leaner, spicier, more savory. The West Wind vineyard sits in the middle of Ribbon Ridge at 400-600 feet, 14 acres all in Pinot Noir, organically farmed, planted between 2017 and 2019. Purple Hands’ Cody Wright treats it with the same low-intervention hand he brings to his estate sites; the 2023 leads with red berries, dried flowers, spice and a clear note of wet stone.