Brick House Les Dijonnais Pinot Noir 2021

Brick House Les Dijonnais Pinot Noir 2021

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Planted in 1995, the Dijon block is now in its prime, delivering the complexity and elegance one expects from carefully tended twenty-six-year-old vines. The 2021 “DJ,” as it is known in-house, shows characteristic black raspberry and rose hip notes. Consistent with previous vintages, it displays Asian five spice, briar and even hints of blood orange coupled with a refreshing acidity and persistent finish. It is a superior vintage, one of the best of the decade. While the 2021 Les Dijonnais Pinot Noir is delicious right now, it will reward patience after a few years in a cool cellar. 

2019 vintage notes

93 points Wine Spectator: "Features a silky texture that envelopes a vibrant core of acidity and highlights multilayered cherry and raspberry flavors, which are laced with green tea and stony mineral accents. Drink now through 2029."

The brilliance of Les Dijonnais lies in its subtlety. It is commanding in an understated way. It compels you to listen to harmonies and details that float and dance. We love it.

Elegantly composed of the most attractive array of red berries, wrapped delicately in a tapestry of floral and mineral tones. It is so pretty, so energetic and alive.

2017 vintage notes

93 points Wine Spectator: "Svelte and harmonious, with splendid raspberry and cherry flavors laced with rose petal and black tea notes, building complexity toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2027." 

2015 vintage notes

94 points Wine Spectator: "Such a mouthful of lithe, supple fruit, offering delicate yet expressive notes of raspberry, stony mineral and savory spice. Long, lingering finish is framed by refined tannins. Drink now through 2024."

94+ points Wine Advocate: "Pale ruby-purple in color, the 2015 Pinot Noir les Dijonnais offers up a beautiful perfume of potpourri, rose petals, kirsch, raspberry preserves and mulberries with nuances of underbrush, sautéed herbs, anise and cloves. Light to medium-bodied, this wine gives a wonderful intensity of perfumed red berry and earth flavors, framed by firm, grainy tannins and lively acid, finishing with great persistence and depth."

2013 vintage notes

93 points Wine Spectator: "Fresh and expressive, soft in texture, this offers generous flavors of cherry, raspberry and clove that linger effortlessly against velvety tannins. Drink now through 2023."

 

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