Matt Bucklin

9.3

👍🍷@Charles (Chad) Bucklin — 4 years ago

Matt Bucklin

9.3

Thanks @Charles (Chad) Bucklin — 4 years ago

Andy Mc Nees

9.3

Pitch black coco and blueberry. Fine structure of tannins. This has 10 more in the tank. Chad thumbs up! — 7 years ago

E Clark

9.0

Xmas gift from chad and Katie. Needs time to open up and then much better experience — 7 years ago

Daragh Hoey

9.2

Roars in with maple, then goes silent for a moment, but then grips you with a rum-like finish. Chad Stock is making me happy. — 8 years ago

Patrick Roddy

9.3

Young but good. This wine will be wonderful in a couple years. Powerful on the nose, deep purple in color, and moderate to full body. Hints of chocolate, tobacco, and deep woods berries with a slightly astringent finish. — 8 years ago

Jonathan Patch

10

White cap Chard! @Chad Hinds sporting the Poulsard edition in the background. — 9 years ago

Matt Bucklin

9.2

Thanks @Charles (Chad) Bucklin — 4 years ago

David Walser

9.3

New Indian food restaurant in town. The wine was delicious with saag paneer and chicken tikka masala. — 5 years ago

admiral von schnauzer

9.0

With tough chad at #drownedwinedinner i think. Had a case of this stuff, rather spectacular. Old and aged but in all the right ways. Downright milfy. — 7 years ago

Daragh Hoey

9.3

Another triumph by Chad Stock. Dimethyl sulfide is the almost deliberate flaw, apparently. But damn it's delicious. Burned toast and red fruit gives way to an acidic, metallic, at times inorganic full stop. — 8 years ago

Bobbie Dougherty

9.6

2003 Chad, excellent!! — 8 years ago

Charine Tan

9.0

Backstory: Tasted this at the winery and loved it so much that we bought a bottle to take along with us to Mexico. Chad Melville is the owner and winemaker at Samsara. He's also the chief winegrower at Melville Winery.

Winemaking Process: Single vineyard wine with grapes harvested from the Cargasacchi vineyard, which is in the middle aka sweet spot of Santa Rital Hills. 75% whole cluster fermentation with native yeast. 50% in new French oak barrels for 22 months, followed by 12-month ageing in the bottle. Unfiltered.

Tasting Notes: Colour is ruby red with some clarity, no sediment. On the nose, it has blue fruit, cherry, cassis, cigar, asphalt, lambskin leather and pronounced earthy notes. On the palate, it is medium-bodied with full, mouth-filling texture. Red fruit notes appear first, and then the taste turns into an earthy, allspice notes, and finishes off with something so bright and refreshing that reminds us of orange peel. The tannins are soft. End palate is long, around 10 seconds, marked by minerality and cherry. I love this wine because unlike many Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara, it isn't over extracted and not too sweet (like fruit pastille). There's a fleeting burst of sweet red fruit flavour on the mid palate and the flavour quickly transits to earthy notes and tannins. It's a more earthy Pinot Noir but yet still elegant and ready to be consumed. At $55, I think it's well worth the price. — 8 years ago

David Walser

9.1

Back in Houston tonight. Brought this with me from CA. Had with Italian take away. Long day may be the reason this was so tasty. — 4 years ago

David Walser

9.1

Pleasant enough with Super Bowl leftovers. At home in Anaheim Hills (no longer an option on the “Where are you? “ pull down list). — 5 years ago

Robert Kreiss

9.0

Very smooth.A true pinot noir.not a malbec with a pinot label.could have a smidgen more bite.But very pleasant with cherries. — 7 years ago

Daragh Hoey

9.0

Not quite my usual speed for Chardonnay, but another super Chad Stock concoction. Semolina flavors drive it, and the wood from the barrique is clear. — 8 years ago

Virginia Thomas

9.4

Drank w Ned, Chad on Friday night watching Chefs table — 8 years ago

Kimberly Anderson

9.3

Lovely floral violet notes on the nose. Lemon grass and raspberry mid palate. Chad smells sweet alfalfa. Changes every time we drink. Wow — 8 years ago

with Chad

Brett Pallesen

9.3

Serious Ca Chenin. Nice job chad. — 8 years ago