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2013 Brittan Vineyards Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Basalt Block
$50 bottle
91 Points Wine Advocate “The 2013 Pinot Noir Basalt Block was picked at just 1.5-ton per acre from 26-27 September and on 3 October, matured for 12 months in 25% new French oak. It offers blackberry and bilberry on the nose, touches of crushed violet and later blackcurrant pastilles emerging. The palate has a sharp seam of acidity, very minerally and stony in style, masculine for a Pinot Noir with an almost saturnine finish that lingers long in the mouth. Saline and surly (in an attractive way), cellar this enigmatic Pinot Noir for a couple of years.” — Neal Martin
2013 Brittan Vineyards Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Gestalt Block $62 bottle
93 Points Wine Advocate “The 2013 Pinot Noir Gestalt Block was picked on 25 September and matured for 12 months in 35% French oak. There is plenty of damp moss/sous-bois infusing the black fruit here - wonderful definition and focus, an appealing herbal edge emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, well-judged acidity, grippy in the mouth with a briny finish that evokes images of a windswept wintry sea. What a sophisticated and compelling Pinot Noir, a sensorial delight, but at the same time intellectual. This comes highly recommended.” — Neal Martin
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