Melville "Donna's Block" Syrah

Melville "Donna's Block" SyrahThe Sta. Rita Hills appellation of Santa Barba County is quite cool, and most producers plant Pinot Noir here. Chad Melville has a small corner of his estate vineyard that is pure beach sand that he feels is perfect for Syrah. Donna's block has become one of their best known wines. He uses 100% whole cluster fermentation and the result is a very spicy, herbal tinged wine with taut black fruit and a good dose of smoke and olives. Think Cornas by way of

Ardbeg Spectacular is matured in rare port wine casks

The proximity of the sea and the particular terroir give the products a unique and unmistakable connotation

Alvarinho is a Portuguese spelling of Albarino

Murray McDavid was established by London wine merchants Mark Reynier

straw yellow in the glass

a tiny organic producer

then gently crushed and naturally fermented in open fermenters for eight days

this 7-year-old bourbon has a warm and opulent nose of fresh baked raisin bread

making this red intense yet lively and lip-smacking

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Their style is intensely mineral and lifted

while aroma of raw sugarcane with fresh grass and faint olive