2015 Pinot Noir - Melville Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills
94 points - Erin Brooks, The Wine Advocate
From a warm vintage, but a typically cold site this Pinot gives quintissential spicy aromatics, balanced with rich, ripe berries. This is why you age Pinot Noir, the textural, seamless mouthfeel is integrated and complex. The savoriness of the wine gives way to the fruit flavors on the finish. Ready to enjoy now. -Matt Brady, Winemaker
From a warm vintage, but a typically cold site this Pinot gives quintissential spicy aromatics, balanced with rich, ripe berries. This is why you age Pinot Noir, the textural, seamless mouthfeel is integrated and complex. The savoriness of the wine gives way to the fruit flavors on the finish. Ready to enjoy now. -Matt Brady, Winemaker
| Vintage | 2015 |
| Varietal | 100% Pinot Noir |
| Appellation | Sta. Rita HIlls |
| Vineyard | Melville Vineyard |
| Acid | 7 g/L |
| PH | 3.45 |
| Aging | 22 months in 25% new French oak |
| Fermentation | Native Yeast |
| Alcohol | 14.10% |
| Wine Style | 50% Whole Cluster |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Cases Produced | 110 |
94 Points - The Wine Advocate
"The pale to medium ruby colored 2015 Pinot Noir Melville Vineyard gives up scents of saline, tangerine peel, dusty earth, dried herbs, pipe tobacco and charcuterie with ripe strawberry, Earl Grey tea and black and red cherries and berries—subtle, pretty layers. Light to medium-bodied, it's silky and saline on entry, expanding into perfumed fruits and spices, with a backbone of plush, grainy tannins and very juicy acidity, finishing long, spicy and alive with energy." - Erin Brooks, The Wine Advocate
93 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
"The 2015 Pinot Noir Melville Vineyard is another beautiful wine ... Ripe cherries, rose petal, lavender, and gamey aromas all flow to a medium-bodied, nicely concentrated, layered 2015 that packs some serious intensity, yet gains more and more elegance with time in the glass. Aged the standard 22 months in 25% new barrels, it’s going to keep for a decade or more." -Jeb Dunnuck
94 Points - The Wine Enthusiast
91 Points - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
