2020 Scotty Boy 'El Sandweech!!'

Region: Santa Barbara County < CA Grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming at the Spear Vineyard; full carbonic fermentation with 27 days on skins!; pressed to tank and settled for 7 months; bottled unfined, unfiltered with no added So2; zero-zero; 13.5% ABV; 354 cases Winemaker: Scott SamplerAnother killer wine from Scott Sampler, AKA Scotty Boy!  A refresher on his story: Scott grew up in LA during the 1970s and ’80s, with an Italian-American mother and African-American, World War II–vet-turned-commercial/fine-artist father, eating his Italian grandma's red sauce.  He migrated north for college, getting his degree in philosophy from UC Berkeley, where he got sucked into the Bay Area farmer's market, Chez Panisse-heydey food scene.  After moving back to LA for a job in the film industry, he found himself drawn more and more into wine, eventually getting the winemaking bug and launching his own label. But he relates winemaking to food, inspired by hi