2021 Whitcraft "Pence Ranch" Santa Rita Hills Gamay
WHITCRAFT: SERIOUSLY PLAYFUL SERIOUS WINE Since 1985, Whitcraft has been a champion of an exquisite and unique style of Central Coast Pinot Noir and Gamay that could easily be compared to that of Dujac in its unapologetic embrace of woodsy, spice tones. Drake Whitcraft crafts these wines with biodynamic principles, and he has carried on his father's commitment to organic farming and winemaking without manipulation. There's not a kilowatt of electricity used in the winemaking process, but that doesnt mean these wines dont have electricity! There's not only an elephant on this label, but there's an elephant in the room. Just because the wine is fun doesnt mean it cant be serious and interesting and that's where this wine has landed. We tend to separate are sheerly delightful drinkers from our age-worthy meditative styles, but this Gamay provokes both ideas. The Gamay Noir is hand-harvested from a parcel in the Pence Ranch vineyard, fermented without destemming, and the processes