Winery Bernardus - Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

Winery BernardusSanta Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir of Winery Bernardus is a red wine from the region of Santa Lucia Highlands of California.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Pinot Noir.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Taste structure of the Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir from the Winery Bernardus

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir of Winery Bernardus in the region of California is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

cola

Wine with earth taste

graphite

Wine with spices taste

menthol

On the nose the Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir of Winery Bernardus in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry.

Details and technical informations about Winery Bernardus's Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir.

Winemaker
Jim McCabe
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.4°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.

Last vintages of this wine

Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir - 2023
In the top 100 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir - 2022
In the top 100 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 411110
Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir - 2021
In the top 100 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir - 2019
In the top 100 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir - 2018
In the top 100 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir - 2017
In the top 100 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir - 2016
In the top 100 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir from Winery Bernardus are 2023, 2021, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

Informations about the Winery Bernardus

The winery offers 25 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Santa Lucia Highlands in the region of California
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The Winery Bernardus is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Santa Lucia Highlands to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 8000 of of United States wines
In the top 850 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
In the top 30000 of red wines
In the top 45000 wines of the world

The wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands

Narrow AVA on the western slope of the Salinas Valley in Monterey (1992, ~5,000 ac): signature dominant Pinot Noir as king red (3,400 ac) — refined, taut reds with red fruits, silky and spicy, saline freshness. Chardonnay (2,100 ac) as a lively, mineral king white with notes of citrus and stone fruits. Syrah in warmer sheltered canyons, fleshy and peppery. Daily fogs from Monterey Bay lengthen the season, a premium fresh Burgundian and Rhone identity.


The wine region of California

Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).

The word of the wine: Mistelle

Unfermented must with added brandy, also called liqueur wine: Pineau des Charentes, Floc de Gascogne, Macvin du Jura, Ratafia, Cartagène du Languedoc.

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