Whitcraft Winery, Santa Barbara County, La Cuna Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017 CJF Selections The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer

The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard

12/13/2014

dark cherries and licorice are followed by darker notes of graphite and tar as the wine opens up in the glass

The ripeness of the fruit is clear

(NM) 12/2014

Whitcraft Winery, Santa Barbara County, La Cuna Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017 CJF Selections The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon BeckstofferWhen 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