2020 Scotty Boy 'Uno Numero'

Region: Santa Barbara County < CA Grapes: 50% Viognier + 40% Chardonnay (SHOKRIAN VINEYARD), 10% Grenache Blanc (THOMPSON VINEYARD) Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming; Viognier + Chardonnay each get 65 days on the skins, Grenache Blanc gets 29 days; pressed to tank, blended and settled for 5 months, racked once before bottling, unfined, unfiltered with no added So2; zero-zero; 13.5% ABV; 288 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