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Red
2017 Melville Syrah Estate Donna's Block
Syrah
- USA
- California
- Central Coast
- Sta. Rita Hills
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Community Tasting Notes 6
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PapaVino2022 Likes this wine: 86 points
July 8, 2023 - Decanted Wake Up Wine 10 min.
Very peppery, roasted red pepper, w fruit and rich smooth textures. -
Neecies wrote: flawed
December 11, 2022 - Super sweet nose (a Melville trait) but the first identifiable thing you smelled was not fruit but something from the vegetable world, reminded of carrot tops (when you buy a fresh bunch and have to snap off the greens? That.) There was also cherry, pepper and a sweet earthy flavor like raw rutabega. All that slipped away fairly quickly and was replaced with that overripe poison-spice thing not unlike RAID ant killer similar to how overripeness expresses itself in Paso. Nothing here that's normal for Melville--I'm guessing this had a mercaptan issue.
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jkempire10 Does not like this wine:
May 12, 2021 - Honestly my wife and I thought the bottle was way off. I got nothing but green pepper on noise and black pepper on the palate. I won’t give it a numbered score cuz we love Melville (usually).
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TannicBeast Likes this wine: 91 points
August 26, 2020 - Tasted blind. Med (+) purple with a ruby rim. Clean, med (+) aromas of ripe black fruit, blue fruit, hatch chili pepper, black pepper, smoke, pine, juniper, vanilla, some French oak. Dry, with med (+) acidity, tannins, and alcohol. Med (+) body, flavor intensity and length, with sweet red fruit, a stemmy vegetal note and a savory finish. Still a little young, this should gain complexity over time. New World (clean, fruit-forward), moderate climate (ripe, sweet, but not as much as Australia).
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Mark4w Likes this wine: 93 points
May 8, 2020 - Beautiful bouquet. Very fresh aroma, floral. First taste is Fresh slight alcohol blue fruit rounded tannins. First had at tasting in Santa Barbara. Excellent Syrah.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Central Coast: The 2017s and 2018s, 10/31/2019 (link)(Melville Syrah Estate Donna's) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Santa Barbara: Present & Future (Sep 2019), 9/1/2019 (link)(Melville Syrah Donna's Central Coast Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2017
- Type Red
- Producer Melville
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation Estate
- Vineyard Donna's Block
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Central Coast
- Appellation Sta. Rita Hills
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 166 (45%)
- Consumed 203 (55%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
88% Like It 8 votes
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- ProducerMelville
- VarietySyrah
- DesignationEstate
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionCentral Coast
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