2011 Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
United States
Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Barbara County
California
Red
Pinot Noir
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Winemaker Greg Brewer reiterated the Melville family's belief--as well as his own--that the style of wines here long ago found a groove that they and their extensive group of customers enjoy, and thus there's absolutely no reason to rock the boat."Changes here will always be in small steps," Brewer told me, "because we've had things tuned in for a long time and it never gets boring."One of the recent small steps is the use of a bit of neutral wood for the rose here, which Brewer thinks "helps to round out the fruit without intruding on it, to add a bit more texture and mouthfeel, like you would see in an old-school Sancerre rose."
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Like most of their neighbors, Melville suffered the devastating effects of a spring frost that reduced yields by a whopping 50%. According to long-time winemaker Greg Brewer, the frost turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as a normal crop would have never ripened under the cool conditions that followed for the rest of the growing season. The harvest started in mid-September and was largely done by the end of October, with the exception of the Syrah, which was picked on December 1, a very wide picking window by any standard. Conditions were far more normal in 2012, a year Brewer compares to 2007.
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