Peter Sultan

9.1

What a pleasant Santa Barbara surprise. Bright raspberry and cherry saver color, quite full and pronounced on mid palate. Reminds me a tad of German Pinot-that wonderful, unfruity/creosote thing in the background. Stems and whole clusters seem to be included, in its favor. On sale locally for about 24$ — 5 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.2

From last night. Much better than the Clone 90. Very soft, but a lot of flavor and depth with a nice, lingering finish. — 5 years ago

with Vanessa

Joseph Dodge

9.1

2016 small lot only 270 cases produced. Always consistently good wines from this winery. Chad Melville does a terrific job with these vineyard specific wines. Their Chardonnays are terrific but their Pinot Noir’s are world class and always earn 90+ pts. This is a gem, thanks Chad! @MellvilleWinery — 5 years ago

with Diana

Jim McCusker

8.9

A single clone pinot from Melville’s Clonal Series, this is surprisingly robust given its age. Terrific spice on the nose and palate, this has nice depth and a balanced finish. Probably has several more years of life left. Pretty impressive. — 6 years ago

with Vanessa

Jim McCusker

9.0

A toast to my beautiful wife on her birthday with a terrific blanc de noir from Melville! — 6 years ago

with Vanessa

Collin Clark

9.3

Delicious chard ripe citrus and a hint of oak — 7 years ago

with Joanna

Jim McCusker

9.1

This was part of a series that Greg Brewer bottled at Melville back in the early 2000s. At that time Melville had 14 different clones under vine, I believe. The Estate was a variable blend of some fraction of these, but being a student of pinot Greg thought it would be cool to bottle a bunch of the clones as single-clone offering to people who might geek out about trying to identify different clonal components in the various main offerings, trying some blending at home, etc. (basically, me as the target audience). I was stunned at how well this wine is still drinking after 14+ years. Beautiful, deep ruby-red color, the wine still had an impressive amount of fruit, great balance, and that tell-tale spiciness that is characteristic of wines from their Santa Rita Hills vineyards. Really terrific! — 5 years ago

with Vanessa

Jim McCusker

9.1

Very spicy...and got much better with more time in the glass. Pretty impressive given its age and thd fact that it’s a single clone. Greg Brewer scores again! — 5 years ago

with Vanessa

Ashley Nanney

10

Better than prisoner! So complex!!! Yet somehow great for summer!! — 5 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Tried a Sample and bought a bottle. In 1989, Melville Vineyards, was founded in Sonoma, where Ron Melville grew high quality, Chard, Merlot, and Cab Sauv. In 1996, Ron's desire to grow Pinot Noir brought Melville Vineyards to Lompoc's Sta. Rita Hills, in Santa Barbara County. Ruby with aromas of sweet red fruits and vivid spice. Flavors of raspberry and strawberry, currant like, adding cinnamon and leathery notes. Fine tannins, lingering ending with nice mouthfeel bringing back fruit and subtle spice. Nice! — 6 years ago

George Chen

9.3

14 drinking near peak of mature brightness and silky tannins - really balanced front to back...I really love Melville! I think it’s the most underrated winery in the US likely! Really expressive and nice pure fruit! — 6 years ago

Naoki Otani

9.0

11.15.2018 — 7 years ago

Rick K

9.5

One of the best California Syrahs I've had. Roughly 1/3 each Bien Nacido, Melville and Roll Ranch. Meaty, Beefy, Big and Bouncy. — 8 years ago

Simon Weston

9.5

Similar to the 2016 I recently tried. Excellent again. — 5 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.1

From a few nights ago. Really good incarnation of this from Melville (and drinking just about perfectly right now). — 5 years ago

with Vanessa

Hayden Hamilton

9.0

Really nice. Cherries, strawberries and lot of Brininess. — 5 years ago

Max Meister

8.9

Merci Oliver, war 👌 — 6 years ago

Mark Howard

9.5

Shared with Elizabeth before her river rafting trip. Tropical gold. Medium gold color. Huge expansive aromas of white flowers - jasmine; flavors of white stone fruit - nectarines and peaches, mango and pineapple with soft oak hints. Starts off big and bold, lingers in the mid-palate flavors, before finishing long and lush. Compliments our dinner of mahi-mahi with a mango pineapple curry. This bottle is at its peak. Bravo!!! — 6 years ago

with Elizabeth

Jim McCusker

9.2

Oh yeah... — 7 years ago

with Vanessa

Mark Oldman

9.1

some #wine grumps declare that you should NEVER 🚫 pair red wine 🍷 with chocolate dessert, but I can attest that there were exactly zero scowls when we matched the smooth, plum-blueberry-cocoa '15 Syrah from local (Sta. Rita Hills) #Melville #Winery with the deeply flavorful chocolate gateau at #Blackbird restaurant in #SantaBarbara — 7 years ago