Sea Smoke Cellars is in the Santa Rita Hills appellation near Santa Barbara, on the Central California coast. It was started in 1999 by Bob Davids, and the estate includes 23 distinct vineyard parcels. The estate makes Pinot Noir only. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that Sea Smoke’s wines “have been tremendously impressive…They all reveal intense Pinot Noir characteristics, fragrant, rich, full-bodied personalities, and abundant charm, as well as power.”