1. Pinot at UC Davis Foundation Plant Services

2. FPS Foundation Grape Collection 800+ scion & rootstock varieties 1900+ “selections” 95 Pinot Noir 6 Pinot Blanc 10 Pinot Gris 5 Pinot Meunier 1 Pinot noir Précoce

3. FPS Clean Plant Program UC Davis center Since 1956 Crops: grapes, fruit and nut trees, strawberries, pistachios, sweet potatoes, roses Commercially important varieties and clones

4. Grape Program Import and Quarantine Testing for virus Treatment, shoot tip culture Foundation vineyards Distribution to R&C nurseries Grape outreach and service to industry

5. Genetic Instability in Pinot single mutation or accumulation over time Most familiar = berry color Others: fruit flavor and aroma, leaf shape, cluster size, shoot growth, yield

6. Pinot Berry Color Variants

7. Pinot Meunier Primary harvest in CA for sparklers Most distinct variant – physical appearance and growth habit Copious white hairs on shoots, terminal ends appear nearly white

8. OSU: Types of Pinot Noir Clones 1.Standard quality Pinot fin 2.Fertile or highly fruitful Pinot fructifier 3.Upright shoots Pinot droit 4.Loose clustered Mariafeld

9. Early Pinot Noir selections at FPS Pommard Pinot Noir 04 (now FPS 91), 05 and 06 “Beba” (Spain) Pinot Noir 10 (now 107) “Blau Burgunder”, Wädenswil, Switz.(1952) Pinot Noir 01A, 02A, and 03A “Clevner Mariafeld”, Wädenswil (1966) Pinot Noir 17 and 23 (now 123)

10. Early Selections from CA Vineyards Foothill Experiment Station, Jackson, CA FPS 09, 16 and 29 (now FPS 106) Martini selections FPS 13, 15 and 66 (Carneros trial) Ray clone, Mt. Eden Vineyards, Merry Edwards FPS 37 “Gamay Beaujolais” type, UCD Vit Dept vineyard FPS 18, 19, 20, 21, & 22

11. Carnernos Creek Clonal Trial Francis Mahoney 1996 Donated industry clones to FPS: Swan, FPS 97 Chalone, FPS 90 and 96 Hanzel, FPS 108 Martini 58 FPS 66 (same as FPS 13) Martini 44 and 56, lower yield

12. French Clonal Material “Generic” French clones FPS via OSU, Dijon clones Champagne clones donated by Roederer, Mumm, Gloria Ferrer and Chandon Proprietary French clones ENTAV-INRA trademark (authentic) clones 115, 165, 236, 375, 459, 667, 743, 777, 943

14. Pinot Noir Clone & Size – Do Either Matter?

15. J. Lohr’s History with Pinot Noir One of original 11 varieties planted in Greenfield in 1972 Selection was from neighbor recommendations Possibly virus infected/champagne clones Viticulture in 1970’s for Pinot Noir was still California sprawl Low color and “rubber boot” aromas Budded over to Riesling and Valdiguié in late 1970’s

16. ENTAV-INRA Pinot Noir Clones Create Excitement in California

17. J. Lohr Revisits Pinot Noir in 2003 Quality wines being produced from Dijon clones in cool climate areas Tasted through numerous small lot wines from clones and rootstock combinations from nursery in the Arroyo Seco Selected and planted in 2003 Dijon Pinot Noir clones 115, 667, 777 and 1950’s Pommard 4 on 1103P and 115 and 777 on 101-14 rootstock in 27 acres of GV 9. In 2008 planted more Pommard 4, 667 and 777 on 101-14 rootstock in 18 acres of GV 3 Also in 2008, planted 25 acres of clones 115, 777, 828, Pommard 4 and Swan at Escolle Road Vineyard and 42 acres of clones 115, 667, 777, 2A and Pommard 4 at the Costa Vineyard both in the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA

18. J. Lohr’s Experience with Pinot Noir Clones (2013 Data) CloneRootstoc k AVABerry Wt. (g) Cluster Wt. (g) Color Density (jar) Tannin Index (jar) 2A1103PSLH1.41142.55.2336 POM 41103PAS1.1880.08.0247 1151103PAS1.2285.07.1345 115101-14AS1.0980.07.2950 6671103PAS1.2287.56.5644 7771103PAS1.1775.07.5649 777101-14AS1.2580.07.8647 8281103PSLH0.96135.07.9247 Swan5CSLH1.1497.56.2139 Important Numbers!!!

19. Pinot Noir Clonal Tasting 1) PN 828/1103P, SLH AVA 2) PN Swan/1103P, SLH AVA 3) PN 777/1103P, SLH AVA 4) PN POM4/101-14, AS AVA 5) PN 777/101-14, AS AVA 6) PN 777/1103P, AS AVA

20. Do Clones Make a Difference? Numbers vary from year to year (like weather) Some clones produce consistent high quality (i.e.. Pommard 4) Thoughts??

21. Assessing a Pinot’s Phenolic Size

22. Bottled Wine Style Map

23. Pinot Noir Style Map by Grade 2 4 1 3 5

24. Style Map by Appellation

25. 4 Pinot Noir Styles to Taste Styles are grape and extraction related and fall into 4 different categories; Low Style I – Complex <50, Tannin <500 Mid – High Style I – Complex 50 – 100, Tannin > 500 Style II – Complex ≤ 50, Tannin > 1000 Style IV – Complex > 100, Tannin < 1000 WHICH DO YOU PREFER???