Winery Melville - High Density Syrah

Winery MelvilleHigh Density Syrah

4.0
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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 High Density 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 High Density Syrah of the Winery Melville is in the top 90 of wines of Sta. Rita Hills.

Taste structure of the High Density Syrah from the Winery Melville

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the High Density 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 High Density Syrah 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, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Melville's High Density Syrah.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Phoenix

Interspecific cross between the white bacchus and the white Villard obtained in 1964 by Gerhardt Erich Alleweldt (1927/2005) at the Geilweilerhof Station in Siebeldingen, Germany. It should be noted that the sirius and the staufer were also born from these same parents. Phoenix is little known even in France, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of varieties of table grapes on the A2 list.

Last vintages of this wine

High Density Syrah - 2016
In the top 90 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
High Density Syrah - 2015
In the top 90 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.211110
High Density Syrah - 2014
In the top 90 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
High Density Syrah - 2013
In the top 90 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 411110
High Density Syrah - 2012
In the top 90 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
High Density Syrah - 2011
In the top 90 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of High Density Syrah from Winery Melville are 2012, 2015, 2013, 2016 and 2014.

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 25000 of of United States wines
In the top 95 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
In the top 90000 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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Blending of several wines to obtain a single batch. Using wines of the same origin, blending is very different from coupage - a mixture of wines from different origins - which has a pejorative connotation.

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