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MELVILLE STA. RITA HILLS ESTATE PINOT NOIR 2022
MELVILLE STA. RITA HILLS ESTATE PINOT NOIR 2022
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WA 93
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Cold-climate Pinot Noir from Sta. Rita Hills carries a structural edge that warmer California appellations rarely deliver, and Melville's estate bottling shows exactly why. Their family-owned vineyards sit entirely within this fog-driven Santa Ynez Valley AVA, where marine air funnels in from the Pacific and keeps ripening slow. Winemaking stays focused on preserving that tension rather than softening it. The result opens with blood orange rind, rose petal, and black cherry, moves into incense and crushed rock mid-palate, and closes with fine-grained tannins and a bright, clean finish.
