Brick House produces only organic estate wines. Boulder Block is a unique vineyard located in the Ribbon Ridge sub AVA on a single hillside of volcanic rock. Very focused and layered, this brings plum and blueberry aromas and flavors, shaded with hints of sweet spices. The experience here is not unlike that of drinking aged Volnay or Corton.

Vineyard Notes

Boulder Block is a unique sweet spot in the vineyards at Brick House. Eons before the people of the First Nations roamed the Chehalem Valley, subterranean flows of molten basalt from the Cascade volcanoes shaped what is now the Coast Range and the shore of the Pacific ocean. One small fissure brought volcanic rock to the surface of what is now a single hillside within the vineyards at Brick House. Vastly different than the sedimentary soils that surround it, the basalt of the Boulder Block retains both moisture and warmth throughout drought of summer. The wines of the Boulder Block are about power; harnessing the heat of the earth with the light of the sun. Boulder Block is often our last block to be harvested and one often processed “whole cluster”-- allowing both grapes and stems a role in natural yeast fermentation. This wine sees more new French oak cooperage than our other reserve wines. The result is a wine of substantial girth and distinctive aromatic character. The Boulder Block benefits greatly from four to six years in cool cellar.

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