Gary Nishimura

8.9

Nice Chardonnay. Would buy again. — 5 months ago

Jim McCusker

9.4

Impressive! — 8 months ago

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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$ — 4 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). — 4 years ago

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Austin Hohnke

9.2

Blind #2. Tasters honed in on Syrah. New world followed. Beautiful example. Strong deduction by the tasting group. Fascinating next to the 2016 Guigal Cote Rotie. — 5 months ago

Louis Martin

9.2

Purple color, rich texture, leather and dark cherry flavor, oaky, and delicious. Would drink on its own and pair with any red meat and dark chocolate. — a year ago

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! — 4 years ago

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Brandon Boesch

9.6

20 year old Syrah. Love it. Cocoa, plums, black pepper, jam, a bit a flowers. There’s a freshness to this wine that is amazing. So impressive. Very different from the 2021 Donna’s Syrah. — 6 months ago

Emily Anderson

9.2

Beautiful Chardonnay! — 3 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.5

Another confirmation that Greg Brewer makes some of the best, age-worthy chards out there. This 2013 is awesome. My only regret is that I don’t have another bottle to see what it will be like in 3-4 years (I’m guessing even better). — 4 years ago

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