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2008 Melville Vineyards and Winery Chardonnay Estate Verna's Santa Barbara County
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2008 Melville Vineyards and Winery Chardonnay Estate Verna's Santa Barbara County

Producer: Melville Vineyards and Winery
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: California
Region: Central Coast
Appellation: Santa Barbara

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2009

($22) Vivid gold. Exotically perfumed, powerful scents of tangerine, toasty lees and lemon rind. Tangy but dense, with lush citrus and orchard fruit flavors and an exotic smoky quality (that smoke didn't come from new oak as this was raised in neutral wood). Finishes with strong citrus bite and a lingering note of dried flowers.

91 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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