2006 Estate Pinot Noir-Santa Rita Hills (By Varietal / Pinot Noir) -- Melville Vineyards & Winery Shopping Cart -- Hills Rita Noir-Santa Pinot Estate 2006

<H1>2006 Estate Pinot Noir-Santa Rita Hills -- Melville Vineyards & Winery Shopping Cart</H1> $32.00 Released: 09.21.07 Alcohol: 15.1% This is 100% Melville fruit from our Santa Rita Hills estate, and is a collection of 14 pinot noir clones. Yields were 2.7 lbs. / plant, and was hand-harvested over a five week period. 55% of the fruit was gently de-stemmed with 45% 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 (20% new Sirugue French oak), where it remained sur lie with no sulfur until April, when it was gently pressure-racked for the first time and prepared for bottling in July. Tasting notes: 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, maple, 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 and velvety yet remains driven and defined. 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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