Melville Winery

Melville Winery is the direct family-owned expression of the Melville Vineyard — the most critically cited and most individual-block-specifically-famous Sta. Rita Hills vineyard source in Santa Barbara County. The Melville family established the Highway 246 Lompoc estate in 1996, and their vineyard quickly became the single most cited and most critically acclaimed Sta. Rita Hills designate source for producers including Brewer-Clifton, Babcock, and other Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir and Chardonnay specialists.

Visiting Melville Winery provides the most direct and family-conducted access to the vineyard whose name appears on labels produced by some of California's most critically acclaimed Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir specialists. The combination of personal family estate identity and the most historically critically-cited Sta. Rita Hills single-vineyard source creates a wine appointment of unusual historical significance and personal vineyard-identity resonance.

Wine Advocate has scored Melville's own estate expressions at 91–96 points — confirming that the Melville family's personally vineyard-owned and directly-conducted Sta. Rita Hills appointment produces Pinot Noir and Chardonnay of genuine critical quality from the same blocks that Brewer-Clifton and others cite as their most critically decorated Santa Barbara County designate sources.