Whitcraft Winery, Santa Barbara County, KickOn Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016 Barolo excellent mid-palate concentration

excellent mid-palate concentration

The 2005 Enchanted Path (66% Shiraz and 34% Cabernet Sauvignon aged in primarily American oak

and almost sake-like in its umami texture

with white peach and melon fruit and hints of toasted nuts and butter

It added some bacon fat from the front to the middle

Whitcraft Winery, Santa Barbara County, KickOn Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016 Barolo excellent mid-palate concentrationWhen 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