Atomique³ Willamette Valley Chardonnay Le Basalt 2021 PURYEARSALE From 40-year-old Gamay vines planted

From 40-year-old Gamay vines planted on clay-limestone soils in southern Burgundy

Their 2022 "Jus Rond" blends Pinot Noir

for decades

all crushed violets and wild berry fruit over a mineral core

Atomique³ Willamette Valley Chardonnay Le Basalt 2021 PURYEARSALE From 40-year-old Gamay vines plantedAtomique3 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