Whitcraft Winery, Santa Maria Valley, Presqu'ile Vineyard, Pinot Noir 2016 Chardonnay. espresso and sufficient VA to

espresso and sufficient VA to knock your socks off

Domaine Dujac is among the most accomplished winemakers in the village

It was complex and highly evolved

Powerful yet lithe chardonnay with superb finishing focus and spicy persistence

The 1995 Charmes-Chambertin from Domaine Perrot-Minot is really a very pretty example of the vintage and has aged into quite an elegant wine at age twenty-one

Whitcraft Winery, Santa Maria Valley, Presqu'ile Vineyard, Pinot Noir 2016 Chardonnay. espresso and sufficient VA toWhen 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