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Our Mediterranean-style Winery is located in the Santa Rita Hills appellation in Lompoc, California, in Western Santa Ynez Valley. | Lompoc, CA Phone: (805) 735-7030Â Website: http://www.melvillevineyards.com Appellation: Sta. Rita Hills Tasting Room: Open Daily from 11am to 4pm Map to Melville Vineyards
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Syrah
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2005 Estate Syrah – Donna's Santa Rita Hills
Also from one of our small lot collection of wines, and named for Ron Melville’s wife, Donna, this is 100% Santa Rita Hills estate fruit from a 3.6 acre section planted to two cl ... moreones, Estrella and Clone 1 Shiraz, on three different low-vigor rootstocks.
More robust and complex than the High Density, this year’s Donna’s has effusive aromatics of black cherry, dark plum, black pepper, black licorice, tobacco leaf and Moroccan spice. There are other subtle hints of boysenberry kirsch, purple flowers, dried sage, charcoaled meats, asphalt and wet leather. The wine’s mouthfeel matches up to this intensity of flavor adding breadth and complexity. The wine finishes slightly youthful at this stage but certainly offers a bright future as it continues to harmonize.
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Pinot Noir
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2006 Estate Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills
A beautiful red and black color shines from the glass with fresh fruit aromatics of red currants, black raspberry, black cherry and umbeoshi. Spicy and herbal components of mocha, ... moremaple, thyme, clove and orange -black tea also emanate while nuances of ocean spray, white-oil flowers and crushed minerals thread through the background. On the palate, the wine blankets your mouth with a sensation that is plush, velvety and weighty yet remains driven and defined.
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Chardonnay
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2006 Estate Chardonnay Santa Rita Hills
With an electric green-gold hue this wine has an elusive and fresh aromatic array of saline, limes, lemon drops, lemon-lime margarita, green apple skin, white currants and white ap ... morericots. Even more alluring are the other aspects of chalk, saltwater taffy, angel food cake, gingerbread, seashell, Italian parsley and orange-flower blossom. In the mouth, the wine is ample and fleshy yet remains very chiseled, delineated and crisp.
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Pinot Noir
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2006 Estate Pinot Noir – Verna's Lompoc
Garnet hued, this wine is reminiscent of a wild red fruit pie consisting of strawberry, raspberry and cherry balanced by floral essences of rose petal, sandalwood and orange blosso ... morem. Earthy elements of forest floor, red roasted beets and chanterelles also intermingle with hints of cinnamon spice, thyme, lavender and pink peppercorns. The wine is gracious and giving on the palate finishing with excellent length.
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Updated on December 19, 2007
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