Winery Melville - Donna's Syrah

Winery MelvilleDonna's Syrah

4.2
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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 Donna's Syrah 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 balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Donna's Syrah of the Winery Melville is in the top 20 of wines of Sta. Rita Hills.

Taste structure of the Donna's Syrah from the Winery Melville

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Donna's Syrah of Winery Melville in the region of California is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Donna's Syrah of Winery Melville in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Melville's Donna's Syrah.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
15.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cornalin d'Aoste

It is a variety of Valle d'Aosta origin and, like Arvine, it is also found in Italy. In the past, it was cultivated in Savoy and registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list B, under the name of red humagne, but it is not related to white humagne. According to recent genetic analyses, the Swiss variety Cornalin du Valais is its father and Rèze its grandmother. It is also the grandson of the petit rouge d' Aoste.

Last vintages of this wine

Donna's Syrah - 2016
In the top 20 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Donna's Syrah - 2015
In the top 20 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Donna's Syrah - 2014
In the top 20 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Donna's Syrah - 2013
In the top 20 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Donna's Syrah - 2012
In the top 20 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Donna's Syrah - 2008
In the top 20 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Donna's Syrah from Winery Melville are 2012, 2014, 2013, 2015 and 2016.

Informations about the Winery Melville

The winery offers 37 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 5 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 greatest 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 6000 of of United States wines
In the top 30 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
In the top 20000 of red wines
In the top 30000 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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The word of the wine: Apyrene

Seedless grape.

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