J. Christopher ‘Basalte’ Pinot Noir 2018 airen The wine has a very

The wine has a very pleasant floral and dried apricot nose

and on the other

yet wonderfully elegant barrel sample that makes the most of this great vintage

There's an underlying mushroom and raw meat character as well

late-harvest grapes are air-dried prior to vinification

J. Christopher ‘Basalte’ Pinot Noir 2018 airen The wine has a veryThe Basalte Pinot Noir is our bedrock bottling from the Willamette Valley. It is sourced from vineyards in two AVAs Chehalem Mountains and Dundee Hills that have fairly thin volcanic clay topsoil over fractured basalt. This type of very rocky soil lends itself to full bodied, firmly structured wines. The Basalte captures this expressive character of the soil, with deep red fruit and a fine tannic structure that maintains the elegant style we are