Atomique³ Willamette Valley Chardonnay Le Basalt 2021 Esthers this dark bronze Oloroso unfolds

this dark bronze Oloroso unfolds with pungent walnut

dried pineapple

and savory herbs with wet-stone minerality on the nose

The result is even more complex than previous releases

Atomique³ Willamette Valley Chardonnay Le Basalt 2021 Esthers this dark bronze Oloroso unfoldsAtomique3 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