Whitcraft, Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills Pence Ranch Calera Clone, 2023 111524NEW with just a touch of

with just a touch of oak adding structure before a long

low-intervention Northern Rhone Syrah at its most transparent

There’s no sugary gloss here—just honest aging and balance

Jutta Ambrositsch

off a limestone-rich site originally planted as a joint venture that included a Sancerre grower

Whitcraft, Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills Pence Ranch Calera Clone, 2023 111524NEW with just a touch ofThe Calera clone is the closest thing California Pinot Noir has to a smuggling legend: cuttings that Josh Jensen selected in Burgundy the story ties them to Domaine de la Romane Conti and brought home in the 1970s to plant on limestone in the Gavilan Mountains. Whitcraft grows that heritage selection at Pence Ranch in the Sta. Rita Hills, one of California's coldest, windiest Pinot addresses, where the valley runs east west and pulls ocean air