The Dijon block overlooks the Chehalem valley from 440 feet on the east side of Ribbon Ridge. Like all the vineyards at Brick House, the soil maps show it as Willakenzie clay soil type. But that is not to say it is uniform in appearance. At its highest points, the soils are underlaid with bright red clay. At the lower end, a brown sedimentary soil resembles beach sand in the heat of August, long after the rains. Planted in 1995, the block's three Pinot Noir clones originated in the vineyards of the Domaine Ponsot in the village of Morey St. Denis, Burgundy. These clones are renowned today as the "Dijon Clones" of both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. "Les Dijonnais " at Brick House is comprised of clones 113, 114 and 115 , the bulk of which is the especially high quality, but low yielding clone # 114. They are all so humble in their yields that we had to wait until 1998 for the first opportunity to vinify the Dijon clones in fermenters of their own. That year, the vines had given us just 0.45 tons per acre.