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Bursting with vibrant red fruit, baking spice, and an earthy core, this fascinatingly layered wine is delightfully unique. Rita Hills harvest began two weeks earlier due to several heat spikes throughout the summer and extended an additional five weeks due to slow ripening conditions which led to high quality and character development of the grapes. Rita Hills is one of the world’s best cool-climate growing regions of Pinot Noir. This distinctive feature of the purely East/West maritime mouth funnels cooling coastal fog and wind to the vines.

Over the years, tectonic plate movements caused mountains to rise out of the ocean, break off the plate, and rotate clockwise, creating one of the most defined, transverse ranges on the Pacific Coast.

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'Celebrating the cool-climate character and complexity of California’s most revered winegrowing regions, our Appellation Series wines are a study in terroir with soulful elegance and energetic intensity.Ī microclimate that began 20 million years ago is nothing short of a miracle. The Santa Rita Hills AVA consists of approximately 2,100 acres of Pinot Noir, 500 acres of Chardonnay, and an additional combination of, 140 acres of Syrah. They are yet another example that the wines of the Golden State are in the midst of a golden age.VINEYARDS: Drum Canyon, Sanford & Benedict, Our Lady of Guadalupe (formerly Bloodlines), Bentrock, Radian, Francesca, Hilliard Bruce, Rita's Crown, Mt. His prodigious talents and ability to surround himself with equally talented artisans have helped make these extraordinary wines an absolute must have for serious collectors. Already a legend amongst his winemaking colleagues, Justin will go down as one of the greats of California wine. He doesn't just rely on his no-how as he consults with some old hands from the area and over the last few years with his close friends Etienne Montille of Domaine de Montille and Rudolph Peters of Champagne Pierre Peters. Melville Winery is dedicated to producing exceptional cold-climate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah grown in their estate vineyards in the Sta. WARNING: Drinking distilled spirits, beer, coolers, wine and other alcoholic beverages may increase cancer risk, and, during pregnancy, can cause birth.

Each year brings new challenges and opportunities which he celebrates by producing wines that are some of the clearest snapshots of the vintage. He and his crew work these sights themselves, allowing the level of control necessary to produce wines of this caliber.In the cellar there is no recipe. His intuition has led him to choose some of the best spots in the world class vineyard he works with. Rita Hills as a prime place for growing Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. His knowledge is so granular that he can speak to the particular vagaries of individual vines. Just 25 years ago, no onenot even winemakers in Santa Barbara County promoted the name Sta. His knowledge of the vineyards he works with and the geology of the land he hails from are second to none.

He has continued to impress them with his knowledge allowing him access to some of the best plots and thus some of the best fruit on the planet.Justin is armed with a powerful intellect, intuition and unbounded creativity. It was there that he started developing strong and lasting relationships with the caretaker of some of the area's best sites. A native of Santa Barbara, in 2005 Justin founded Tyler while working as the assistant winemaker at Arcadian Winery. Justin Willet's wines exude the grace and understatement that are the hallmark of exceptional Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. This iconic vineyard now contains the oldest Pinot Noir vines in Santa Barbara County. Rita Hills of Santa Barbara County has long been a premier region for growing Burgundian varietals, enjoying the cooling coastal influence from the.

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