JK Carriere Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Clarion 2023 siatista 97 points Wine Enthusiast

97 points Wine Enthusiast

“An attractive wine

and for many people outside of Spain

black dirt

without much intervention or new oak

JK Carriere Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Clarion 2023 siatista 97 points Wine EnthusiastSometimes great things happen when we find ourselves in a tight spot. Thats where Jim Prosser was three years ago, along with every winemaker in the Willamette Valley, under the deep red sky of Oregons 2020 wildfire season, when a massive cloud of smoke lay over the valley just as grapes were reaching optimum picking time. It was an agonizing choice for winemakers across the valley who had spent the season looking forward to what should have been a