Gros Ventre Santa Barbara Gamay Nolan Ranch 2021 SF Chronicle - Past Pick It is a masterful bottle

It is a masterful bottle of perfectly young rye

Knob Creek's rye whiskey is well-rounded and accessible making it a perfect base for many rye inspired cocktails

Aged six months in oak barrels

releasing their first batch in 2006

Gros Ventre Santa Barbara Gamay Nolan Ranch 2021 SF Chronicle - Past Pick It is a masterful bottleThis Gamay has been produced with a mix of whole cluster and destemmed fruit. It sees a few days of cold soak prior to native fermentation. It spends 9 months in neutral oak barrels and has been bottled unfined and unfiltered. Only 4 barrels produced. Ripe strawberry, cranberry, and orange zest on the nose with juicy acidity.