2011 Brittan "Basalt Block" Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2013 Syrah Cole Creek Vineyard

2013 Syrah Cole Creek Vineyard and 2013 Syrah Rodgers Creek Vineyard

slivered almond

Great excitement and richness

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

graphite and spice

2011 Brittan "Basalt Block" Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2013 Syrah Cole Creek VineyardBrittans 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