J.K. Carriere Anderson Family Pinot Noir 2011

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J.K. Carriere Anderson Family Pinot Noir 2011 Front Label
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Vintage
2011

Size
750ML

ABV
12.5%

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Winemaker Notes

Cherry red with great visibility (should you care to dive-in), the wine opens to smoke, tea and whole-leaf tobacco. In the mouth it's strawberry moving to cherry on lingering fruit with dried meat and soy adding savory notes. The structure drives on acid, leaning long and smooth.

Professional Ratings

  • 91
    Representing a mere 98 cases from four parcels of Dijon clone #115 in this Dundee Hills site further described in my Issue 202 review, the J. K. Carriere 2011 Pinot Noir Anderson Family delivers rich beef stock as opposed to the bloody and gamy allusions I found in the corresponding 2010. The fruit here, however, is tender and almost delicately fresh, making for the sort of contrast one often witnesses in top-notch Burgundian Pinots. There is also a stony undertone to this wine’s energetic and persistently savory performance. Look for high performance through at least 2022.

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J.K. Carriere, Oregon
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Meet owner and winemaker Jim Prosser. He grew up east of the Cascade Mountain Range in Oregon in a sleepy little skiing and timber town called Bend where you'll find plenty of sunshine and sagebrush. Instilled with a strong work ethic, compliments of the family hardware store, Jim got a degree from Oregon State before entrenching himself in the corporate world of Xerox and commercial real estate. He spent time in Europe, lived in Lithuania as a business advisor for the Peace Corps, climbed in Pakistan, traveled five continents, wound down a family business, sold Christmas trees, and cycled the United States before being seduced... by the elusiveness of Pinot Noir.

Jim has come to understand Pinot noir from the messy grape cellar end of things and learned the trade by working for eight great producers in four countries including: Erath, Domaine Drouhin, Brick House and Chehalem in Oregon; Villa Maria in New Zealand; Tarra Warra and T'Gallant in Australia; and Domaine Georges Roumier in Burgundy. These are his friends and they have provided his foundation.

In 1999, he established his own winery, sourced good grapes and started making wine as J.K. Carriere, the combined names of his grandfathers. From the start J.K. Carriere wines have received critical acclaim. Jim will tell you his success stems from great vineyards, focused winemaking and the willingness to go right through the middle of the work. He makes primarily Pinot noir, producing classic, vivid and ageable wines with fruit on the first uptake, movement on the palate and elegance throughout. Jim's intent is to astonish you, intentionally spark you, and give you every reason to share that experience with someone else. In fact, this is his ruthless pursuit.

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Home of some of the planet’s most amazingly elegant and expressive Pinot noir, the Willamette Valley is a pastoral, mixed landscape of green, bucolic rolling hills, dramatic forestlands and small, independent, friendly wine growers. As a leader in environmental stewardship, the valley has some of the nation’s most protective land use policies, with two-thirds of its vineyards farmed sustainably and over half, organically. While the valley claims a cool, continental climate, and is heavily influenced by the cold, moist winds of the Pacific Ocean, its warm and dry summers allow for the steady, even ripening of Pinot noir.

The potential of Willamette Valley Pinot noir continues to attract the investment of serious growers and winemakers both locally and from abroad, as naturally the finished wines bring accolades from professionals and enthusiasts. With a range of styles from delicate dried cherry, raspberry and hibiscus to stronger notes of truffle, mocha, plum and spice, a fine Willamette Valley Pinot noir is a perfect expression of both character and grace.

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