Pinot Country

clonePommard, UCD 4

also: UCD 4 · Pommard clone · UCD4

The workhorse of American pinot noir before the Dijon numbers arrived, and still planted everywhere. Bigger berries, firmer structure, a darker wine than the Dijons give.

How it is done Cited

Held and distributed through UC Davis, which is where the number comes from. Oregon built its early reputation on this and on Wädenswil.

Facts

originBurgundy field selection
countryUnited States
regionOregon, California
confidencemedium · updated 2026-09-16

Its kin

cloneWädenswil, UCD 2AThe other half of Oregon's old plantings.and of this page it says: Its planting partner in old Oregon blocks.cloneDijon 115What arrived later and changed the arithmetic.storyThe numbers on the vineWhy a vine has a catalogue number at all.

Who points back

organization · says of this pageFoundation Plant ServicesWhose number is an FPS number.

Sources

Where it came from: Cited a source we name · Harvested pulled from an open dataset · Tradition what the tradition says, hedged · Inference this project's reasoning · Field somebody stood there. This record as JSON.

Pass it on