Whitcraft Winery, Santa Maria Valley, Presqu'ile Vineyard, Pinot Noir 2016 Chardonnay. The 1995 Charmes-Chambertin from Domaine

The 1995 Charmes-Chambertin from Domaine Perrot-Minot is really a very pretty example of the vintage and has aged into quite an elegant wine at age twenty-one

At least from this bottle

Domaine Dujac is among the most accomplished winemakers in the village

oak and tannins completely integrated

It was complex and highly evolved

Whitcraft Winery, Santa Maria Valley, Presqu'ile Vineyard, Pinot Noir 2016 Chardonnay. The 1995 Charmes-Chambertin from DomaineWhen 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