Whitcraft Winery, Santa Barbara County, La Cuna Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017 CJF Selections There’s a splash of lemon

There’s a splash of lemon oil

this will make a great ringer in future tastings with classified growers from the northern Medoc

The ripeness of the fruit is clear

12/13/2014

dark cherries and licorice are followed by darker notes of graphite and tar as the wine opens up in the glass

Whitcraft Winery, Santa Barbara County, La Cuna Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017 CJF Selections There’s a splash of lemonWhen 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