Melville Pinot Noir Estate 2020 | 750 ml.

JD93 Jeb Dunnuck 5/24/2022

"A year-in, year-out no brainer for those who love impeccably made California Pinot Noir, the 2020 Pinot Noir Estate Sta. Rita Hills reveals a healthy, translucent ruby hue as well as textbook Sta. Rita Hills notes of mulberries, redcurrants, baking spices, dried flowers, and subtle hints of marine-like iodine and salinity. Beautiful on the palate as well, it’s medium-bodied, has terrific balance, silky tannins, and a great finish. It’s gorgeous today yet will keep for a decade in cold cellars. (Jeb Dunnuck)" (93 pts.)

WS91 Wine & Spirits 04/22

"A young wine with youthful dark fruit and tension, and a strident expression of whole-cluster spice, this is exceedingly savory in its aromatics, with scents of olive and olive leaf, smoldering tobacco and gorse. Its fruit is flavorful and dark, and shows some integration after three days open, but it needs age to merge with the savory elements. Cellar." (91 pts.)

RP91 Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate 15th Mar 2022

"The 2020 Pinot Noir Estate has a medium ruby color and scents of dried red cherries and pomegranate with accents of tobacco leaves and prosciutto. The medium-bodied palate is firm and grainy, finishing earthy. (Erin Brooks)" (91 pts.)