Whitcraft Winery, Santa Barbara County, La Cuna Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017 CJF Selections plums and black currants

plums and black currants

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(NM) 12/2014

The Cabernet Sauvignon-based 2013 El Desafio de Jonata is deep

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 plums and black currantsWhen 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