Five Pinots from Yamhill-Carlton

Most writers describe the Yamhill-Carlton District, an American Viticultural Area in Oregon's Willamette Valley, as horseshoe-shaped, but as

you can see from the accompanying map, it doesn't look anything like a horseshoe; more like a deconstructed triumphal arch. The region, which occupies parts of Yamhill and Carlton counties, was approved in 2004, but…