Lieu Dit Melon, 2021 Costières de Nîmes Scarpa - even their everyday

Scarpa - even their everyday wines display special elegance due to extra aging before release

Medium-bodied

A long and warm growing season in 2013 delivered ripe and intense fruit at harvest and allowed for the wines to express great character in the cellar

showcasing instead the vineyard

established in 2001 by Gilles Gasq

Lieu Dit Melon, 2021 Costières de Nîmes Scarpa - even their everydayCrisp, dry. Green pear, saline, yellow apple, green apple, wet gray stones & ocean essence. Lieu Dit is a relatively new winery, a partnership between friends Eric Railsback and Justin Willett in Santa Barbara. They are making solid, exciting wines on the Central Coast, focusing on Loire Valley varietals. This one is 100% Melon de Bourgogne. Their wines are simple, elegant and profound. Santa Maria Valley, Santa Barbara County, California