2011 Brittan "Basalt Block" Willamette Valley Pinot Noir fine-tuned acidity and structural grip

fine-tuned acidity and structural grip

A remarkable tour de force in winemaking

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but its strong acidity and firm-edged tannins call for considerable patience

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2011 Brittan "Basalt Block" Willamette Valley Pinot Noir fine-tuned acidity and structural gripBrittans 2011 Pinot Noir Basalt Block delivers an impressively sappy and dense, vibrant and buoyant combination of tart red currant and blackberry with clean red meat juiciness; salt; crushed stone; and somehow, mysteriously crystalline traces. Such a range of complexity across fruit, animal, and mineral dimensions in such a still youthful wine is among the striking aspects of Brittans and his vineyards talents, as is their sense of energy, which