2015 Melville Pinot Noir Estate Santa Rita Hills

Pinot Noir - 750ML
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WE 93 W&S 91 JD 90 WA 90
WE 93

Wine Enthusiast, December 2018

Red cherry, dried rose petal and cinnamon-spiced melon show on the unique and alluring nose in this bottling. The palate offers a complex blend of earth and fruit, combining sour cherry with wild thyme, red flowers and...
W&S 91

Wine & Spirits, October 2018

Open this bottle and you’ll find a lot of smoky oak, but there’s good material underneath, apparent in the undertow of fruit. Give it air and you’ll have a cool, rich pinot, its tannins a contrast of gritty and plush...
JD 90

jebdunnuck.com, October 2018

The 2015 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills is the largest production cuvée of the estate and it's a year in, year out value. The 2015 (this was also reviewed last year) is a spice-filled, cherry, and forest floor-scented effort...
WA 90

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 2018

The 2015 Pinot Noir Estate reveals aromas of red cherry, fresh herbs and strawberry preserve, followed by a supple, medium-bodied, succulent palate with a saline, savory finish. Fermented with some whole bunches and...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Pinot Noir
Country USA
Region California
Sub-region Central Coast
Appellation Santa Barbara
Sub-appellation Santa Rita Hills
Vintage 2015
Size 750ML
Percent alcohol 14%
Closure Cork

This is 100% Melville fruit from their Sta. Rita Hills estate, and is a collection of 16 pinot noir clones. 40% of the fruit was fermented as whole-clusters with 60% gently de-stemmed in small (1.5 ton) open-top fermenters. Total skin and stem contact averages 30 days (7 day cold soak, 2 + weeks of fermentation and 1 + week extended maceration). From the press, the wine is transferred directly into neutral barrels (10+ year old French oak), where it remains sur lie without sulfur until June, when it is gently racked for the first time and prepared for bottling in August.