2020 | Melville | Estate Block M Pinot Noir

Intoxicating aromas of black cherry, fig and plum sauce pull you in. A brilliant, deep ruby hue conveys a concentration of flavors such as cassis, black currant, and muddled blackberry. Soft and round tannins envelope the mouth and leave you craving more.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2020 Pinot Noir Block M is beautifully expressive this vintage, with very pretty scents of blackberry, raspberry and pomegranate with wafts of tar, lavender, prosciutto, mushrooms and blood orange. The medium-bodied palate is intensely concentrated and boasts fine, chalky tannins, mouthwatering acidity and loads of detail emerging on the long finish.

• Wine Enthusiast: Dark in the glass, this bottling is concentrated on the nose with black cherry, cola, loamy earth, wild thyme and black olive aromas. The palate is bold as well, showing ripe boysenberry, mint chocolate chip and peppered salumi flavors, all wrapped in tight tannins.

Producer Information

Melville Winery is a Californian wine estate producing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah wines in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA. The estate was founded in 1989 and remains family-owned and operated. The estate consists of 49 hectares (120 acres) of vineyards in three neighboring sites in Santa Barbara County. A range of different clones and blocks are planted on a variety of soil types here, to provide Melville with numerous production options for its range of Pinot Noirs. Vines are planted at over triple the density of the average premium Californian vineyard. This allows Melville to achieve roughly the same output while limiting the yield of each vine. The grapes are manually harvested on a block-by-block basis. The various Pinot Noirs and lone Syrah are usually vinified in small open top fermenters with around 30 percent of stems retained, and aged for around nine months in neutral oak barrels. The trio of Chardonnays are led, unusually, by a wine fermented and aged in stainless steel, the Clone 76 Inox. The other two are again made in old oak barrels.

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