Whitcraft Winery, Santa Barbara County, Shokrian Vineyard, Pinot Noir 2016 Loire San Lorenzo and Ravera

San Lorenzo and Ravera

fresh fruit

Their estates holdings stretch from Gevry-Chambertin to Beaune

as there are so many more layers to pile on here as the wine evolves with further bottle age

The aromas are haunting

Whitcraft Winery, Santa Barbara County, Shokrian Vineyard, Pinot Noir 2016 Loire San Lorenzo and RaveraWhen Drake Whitcraft took over the family winery in 2007 (the winery was founded two decades before, in 1985 by his parents, Chris and Kathleen) his goal was to make balanced Central Coast wine of purity, honesty, and finesse. Because he grew up within the culture of wine and California winemaking, he was perpetually under the tutelage of both father Chris and friend Burt Williams, founder of the legendary Williams Selyem winery in Sonoma. During a