Winery Melville - Carrie's Pinot Noir

Winery MelvilleCarrie's Pinot Noir

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Carrie's Pinot Noir of Winery Melville is a red wine from the region of Sta. Rita Hills of California.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
The Carrie's Pinot Noir of the Winery Melville is in the top 70 of wines of Sta. Rita Hills.

Taste structure of the Carrie's Pinot Noir from the Winery Melville

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Carrie's Pinot Noir of Winery Melville in the region of California is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Carrie's Pinot Noir of Winery Melville in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Melville's Carrie's Pinot Noir.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.8°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Last vintages of this wine

Carrie's Pinot Noir - 2010
In the top 70 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Carrie's Pinot Noir - 2009
In the top 70 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Carrie's Pinot Noir - 2006
In the top 70 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Carrie's Pinot Noir - 2005
In the top 70 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Carrie's Pinot Noir from Winery Melville are 2006, 2009, 2005, 2010

Informations about the Winery Melville

The winery offers 37 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sta. Rita Hills in the region of California

The Winery Melville is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 36 wines for sale in the of Sta. Rita Hills to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 20000 of of United States wines
In the top 75 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
In the top 65000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Sta. Rita Hills

The wine region of Sta. Rita Hills is located in the region of Santa Barbara County of California of United States. We currently count 268 estates and châteaux in the of Sta. Rita Hills, producing 792 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.


The wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

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