2022 Auteur Ballinard Vineyard Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley | Chicago Wine Press International

Founded in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Kenneth and Laura Juhasz, Auteur Wines began as a side project for Kenneth, the son of a Hungarian refugee, who was the winemaker at Donum Estate in Sonoma at the time. Exploration in Burgundy and working harvests in Sonoma, Napa, Willamette Valley an…