2004 Estate Pinot Noir -Santa Rita Hills (By Varietal / Pinot Noir) -- Melville Vineyards & Winery Shopping Cart -- Hills Rita -Santa Noir Pinot Estate 2004

<H1>2004 Estate Pinot Noir -Santa Rita Hills -- Melville Vineyards & Winery Shopping Cart</H1> $28.00 -- sold out! Production: 6,075 Cases Released: 08.01.05 Alcohol: 14.9% 100% Melville fruit from our Santa Rita Hills Estate, this bottling is a representation of all 11 pinot noir clones currently in production. Yields were 2.5 lbs. / plant, in our tightly spaced vineyard equating to 1,815 vines per acre, and were selectively hand-harvested over a three week period giving us 75 different fermentation lots. 67% of the fruit was gently de-stemmed with 33% fermented as whole-clusters in small (1.5 ton) open-top fermenters. Total skin and stalk contact averaged 30 days (7 day cold soak, 2 + weeks of fermentation and 1 + week extended maceration.) From the press, the wine was transferred directly into barrel (25% new French oak: Sirugue, Marsannay and Mercurey), where it remained sur lie with no sulfur until the waning moon cycle of April, when it was gently pressure-racked for the first time and prepared for bottling in July. Tasting Notes: Bright, fresh red and blue fruit components immediately jump from the glass reminiscent of blueberry, black raspberry and plum mixed with Asian spice, cinnamon and pumpkin skin. A thread of minerality underlines the wine while other nuances of gardenia and roasted red beets become prominent. Texturally, the wine has broad and ample weight balanced by a focused verve that drives an extended finish. Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Category3" TITLE="By Varietal">By Varietal</A> / <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Category4" TITLE="Pinot Noir">Pinot Noir</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product14 TITLE="2004 Estate Pinot Noir-Terraces">2004 Estate Pinot Noir-Terraces</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product63 TITLE="2007 Estate Pinot Noir-Sta. Rita Hills">2007 Estate Pinot Noir-Sta. Rita Hills</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product71 TITLE="2007 Estate Pinot Noir – Clone 115 Indigène">2007 Estate Pinot Noir – Clone 115 Indigčne</A> -- small lot collection <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product70 TITLE="2007 Estate Pinot Noir-Terraces">2007 Estate Pinot Noir-Terraces</A> -- small lot collection <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product69 TITLE="2007 Estate Pinot Noir-Carrie's">2007 Estate Pinot Noir-Carrie's</A> -- small lot collection <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/melville" TITLE="Melville Vineyards & Winery Products">Melville Vineyards & Winery Products</A> <A HREF="http://www.melvillewinery.com">Melville Vineyards & Winery</A> Melville Vineyards & Winery <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="ecommerce software">ecommerce software</A> powered by Nexternal

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