2023 Samuel Louis Smith Pinot Noir Michaud Chalone Washington Kilkerran is the sister and

Kilkerran is the sister and heavily peated sister distillery to Springbank

Rock solid

Fine-grained moderate tannins and crunchy acidity give it such a firm backbone

The "Piante Sparse" or "scattered plants" concept refers to the labor-intensive process of separately harvesting and vinifying these individual vines

completed in 2012 may be deceiving

2023 Samuel Louis Smith Pinot Noir Michaud Chalone Washington Kilkerran is the sister and97 Points Jeb Dunnuck: From a mostly decomposed granite, 1600 feet elevation, northeast facing site with different exposures, the 2023 Pinot Noir Michaud Vineyard is the first vintage for Smith from this vineyard, which he calls as old school and rugged as Chalone. Earth, black tea, and gravelly rock highlight an elegantly poised, complex, floral, and mineral wine that shows both dustiness in texture and ample structure for aging. Cellar through 2037.