3L Format - 2008 Estate Pinot Noir - Sta. Rita Hills (All Current Wines) -- Melville Vineyards & Winery Shopping Cart -- Hills Rita Sta. - Noir Pinot Estate 2008

<H1>3L Format - 2008 Estate Pinot Noir - Sta. Rita Hills -- Melville Vineyards & Winery Shopping Cart</H1> $150.00 Released: 10.09.09 Note: Special Shipping Rates Apply. This is 100% Melville fruit from our Santa Rita Hills estate, and is a collection of 16 pinot noir clones. Yields were 2.1 lbs/plant (1.9 tons/acre), and were hand-harvested over a four week period. 60% of the fruit was gently de-stemmed with 40% fermented as whole-clusters in small (1.5 ton) open-top fermenters. Total skin and stem 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 (10% new Sirugue French oak, 90% neutral), where it remained sur lie with no sulfur until April, when it was gently racked for the first time and prepared for bottling in July. Tasting Notes: Beautiful deep red and blue colors describe this opulent aromatic wine. Red nuances of sandalwood, cherry pie, currants, rhubarb and jaimaca are interwoven with hints of jasmine, Darjeeling tea, cocoa-powder, red-hot apples, holiday spice and cherry bark. The palate impressions are generous and envelopes your entire mouth in a suave and sultry manner. The finish is both elegant and full-bodied. Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Category16" TITLE="All Current Wines">All Current Wines</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product80 TITLE="2008 Estate Chardonnay - Verna's">2008 Estate Chardonnay - Verna's</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product81 TITLE="2008 Estate Chardonnay - Sta. Rita Hills">2008 Estate Chardonnay - Sta. Rita Hills</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product75 TITLE="2008 Estate Chardonnay - Clone 76 Inox">2008 Estate Chardonnay - Clone 76 Inox</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product85 TITLE="3L Format - 2008 Estate Chardonnay - Sta. Rita Hills">3L Format - 2008 Estate Chardonnay - Sta. Rita Hills</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product78 TITLE="2008 Estate Pinot Noir - Verna's">2008 Estate Pinot Noir - Verna's</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product82 TITLE="2008 Estate Pinot Noir - Sta. Rita Hills">2008 Estate Pinot Noir - Sta. Rita Hills</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product79 TITLE="2008 Estate Syrah - Verna's">2008 Estate Syrah - Verna's</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/melville/Product66 TITLE="2006 Estate Syrah - Donna's">2006 Estate Syrah - Donna's</A> <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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