Atomique³ Willamette Valley Chardonnay Le Basalt 2021 PURYEARSALE minimal intervention in the cellar

minimal intervention in the cellar

Their 2022 "Jus Rond" blends Pinot Noir

A brilliant introduction to Lenoble’s elegant style

all crushed violets and wild berry fruit over a mineral core

this Alban-clone Syrah from Santa Lucia Highlands has matured into something extraordinary

Atomique³ Willamette Valley Chardonnay Le Basalt 2021 PURYEARSALE minimal intervention in the cellarAtomique3 is a small Willamette Valley project built around a simple, geeky premise: what if you took the same Chardonnay grapes and bottled the soils side by side? Le Basalt comes from blocks planted on volcanic basaltthe dark, iron rich bedrock of the Eola Amity Hills and the high benches of the valley. The result is the more structured, mineral, and savory of the pair, with a flinty edge and a tight, linear shape. Lovers of taut, Chablisien